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Three researchers with cables on ice
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The Chaos Beneath a Glacier’s Calving Front

by Danielle Beurteaux 20 May 202128 April 2022

For the first time, researchers have captured continuous data on the abrupt changes and activities happening at a glacier’s calving front.

海洋混合和洋流的相互作用决定了氧气的可用性,并决定了使用的方式和时机。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

追踪马尾藻海18度海水中的氧气

by David Shultz 14 May 202122 December 2021

生物地球化学浮子为北大西洋的海洋混合和氧气运动提供了更好的图像。

Ocean mixing and the interaction of currents govern oxygen availability and determine how and when it’s used.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracking Oxygen in the Sargasso Sea’s 18 Degree Water

by David Shultz 15 April 202122 December 2021

Biogeochemical floats provide an improved picture of ocean mixing and oxygen movement in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Part of Jan Mayen, an unpopulated island northeast of Iceland, is seen here from the sea under a cloudy sky
Posted inScience Updates

Rethinking Oceanic Overturning in the Nordic Seas

by L. Chafik, T. Rossby, H. Hátún and H. Søiland 8 April 202123 December 2021

Recent research offers new insights into exchanges of water between the North Atlantic and the Nordic Seas, which play critical roles in the climate-regulating Atlantic overturning circulation.

Plot showing volume transport changes in the AMOC and ITF in response to an abrupt quadrupling of carbon-dioxide occurring in year 0
Posted inEditors' Highlights

What Causes Centennial Changes in the Indonesian Throughflow?

by J. Sprintall 11 January 202112 January 2022

Transient long-term changes in the strength of the Indonesian Throughflow are unexpectedly linked to circulation changes in the remote high-latitude North Atlantic.

Aerial photo of Saint-Louis, Senegal, with the Faidherbe Bridge connecting the newer part of the city with the African mainland
Posted inNews

Sea Level Rise May Erode Development in Africa

by H. Mafaranga 13 November 20203 November 2021

The continent is enduring some of the highest global sea level rise. A new report identifies the western coast as particularly vulnerable to coastal erosion and saltwater intrusion.

Plot showing a time series of the sand content determined from two paleo sediment cores in Eastern Canada
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Abrupt Climate Shifts Change the Latitudes of Storm Activity

by J. Sprintall 2 November 202029 October 2020

A new 6500-year construction of storms combined with other paleo-storm records finds abrupt changes in the Atlantic Ocean circulation impact the latitudinal preference of storm activity.

Map showing location of four temperature sensors that detected warming trends in the Argentine Basin of the South-west Atlantic Ocean
Posted inEditors' Highlights

The Deepest Layers of the South-West Atlantic Ocean are Warming

by J. Sprintall 30 October 202015 November 2021

A unique temperature time series observed over the past decade in the bottom layers of the south-west Atlantic Ocean shows significant variability with long-term warming trends.

Plot showing the distribution of the maximum wind speed attained by post-tropical cyclones and midlatitude cyclones in North Europe in the period June to November for the years 1979 to 2017
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Post-Tropical Cyclones Influence on European Windstorm Risk

by Suzana Camargo 28 October 20208 March 2022

Comparing the importance of midlatitude cyclones and post-tropical cyclones on European windstorms during the Atlantic hurricane season using ERA-5 reanalysis.

Map of the mid Atlantic showing comparison between models and observations of where Saharan dust deposition occurs
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Saharan Dust Reaching the Americas Comes from El Djouf

by A. Giannini 28 August 20202 February 2022

The Saharan dust that crosses the Atlantic and fertilizes the Amazon may be coming from the El Djouf region between Mauritania and Mali, which is farther west than previously thought.

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