High-latitude variations in density, which appear to be driven by changes in atmospheric pressure, can propagate to midlatitudes and affect the current’s strength within just a year.
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Busy Hurricane Season Expected in 2025
A new NOAA report predicts an active Atlantic hurricane season, though global weather patterns could still shift predictions.
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Have We Finally Found the Source of the “Sargassum Surge”?
The complexity of modeling the tropical Atlantic makes identifying the source of the ongoing seaweed blooms difficult.
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Mapping the Ocean Floor with Ancient Tides
A new study uses a paleotidal model to trace the formation of carbon-rich mud deposits over thousands of years.
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二氧化碳恢复后的北极海冰：对北大西洋天气的影响
北极海冰恢复不完全导致冬季急流向赤道偏移。由于海洋环流起到了额外的驱动作用，北大西洋急流的偏移尤其不确定。
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Avalanches of Microplastics Carry Pollution into the Deep Sea
Scientists observed a once-theorized process ferrying microplastics into the deep ocean.
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Seismic Images Show Major Change Along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
New seismic images of the Lucky Strike slow-spreading segment of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge show thick lower crust at the center that thins in both along-ridge directions.
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Arctic Sea Ice After CO2 Recovery: Implications for North Atlantic Weather
Incomplete Arctic sea ice recovery results in equatorward-shifted winter jets. The North Atlantic jet shift is particularly uncertain due to the ocean circulation acting as an additional driver.
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Taking Our Paleoceanographic Tools to the Next Level
A new modeling study shows that to accurately interpret data derived from an iconic proxy of past Atlantic overturning strength, we must consider the complex factors governing the proxy systematics.
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Expedition 403: Sailing the Last Expedition of the JOIDES Resolution
Early-career geoscientists share melancholy memories about hard science and intangible networks of collaboration.