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In this bird’s-eye view from a satellite, white ice meets gray ocean water.The ice is fractured into many smaller pieces.
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Warm Seawater Encroaches on Major Antarctic Ice Shelf

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 8 January 20258 January 2025

In unprecedented detail, new research illuminates the seasonal flow of warm water toward the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf.

Una ilustración mostrando la Corriente de Florida entre Florida y las Bahamas
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La corriente de Florida podría estar desacelerándose, pero no por mucho

by Grace van Deelen 21 November 202419 December 2024

Una corrección necesaria a un conjunto de datos ampliamente utilizados redujo las estimaciones de los científicos de cómo se ha debilitado la circulación oceánica.

Swirls of colored lines through the Atlantic Ocean
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The North Atlantic Is Getting Saltier

by Saugat Bolakhe 29 October 202429 October 2024

The Atlantic is already the saltiest of Earth’s oceans, and parts of it are getting saltier. Winds and warming may be to blame.

An illustration showing the Florida Current, a flow of ocean water between Florida and the Bahamas.
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The Florida Current May Be Slowing Down, but Not by Much

by Grace van Deelen 7 October 202421 November 2024

A needed correction to a widely used data set reduced scientists’ estimates of how ocean circulation has weakened.

A photo of a large orange buoy on a boat with several people gathered around it
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Scientists Are “Gobsmacked” by the Variability of Seafloor Currents

by Andrew Chapman 11 September 202411 September 2024

The speed and direction of deep currents off Mozambique’s coast are more subject to change than scientists expected.

White and bright blue icebergs against a dark blue ocean photographed from above.
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Scientists Find Clues to Atlantic Current’s Future in Ancient Iceberg Debris

by Elise Cutts 23 July 202423 July 2024

Modern ice loss from Greenland rivals the most dramatic episodes of ice sheet collapse.

一只头上绑着天线的海豹坐在草丛中,对着镜头微笑。
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海豹帮助科学家在南极洲别林斯高晋海取得新发现

by Nathaniel Scharping 1 July 20241 July 2024

研究人员通过分析海豹和水下滑翔机收集的水文信息,发现了新的融水流,以及一个新的海底槽。

A red and white ship on an icy ocean is headed toward another ship with the same colors in the distance.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Radioactive Isotopes Trace Hidden Arctic Currents

by Nathaniel Scharping 24 June 202424 June 2024

Tracing anthropogenic radionuclides shows researchers how water from the Atlantic flows into and mingles with Arctic currents.

A seal with an antenna strapped to its head sits in a patch of grass and beams at the camera.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Seals Help Scientists Make Discoveries in Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea

by Nathaniel Scharping 4 June 20242 July 2024

By analyzing hydrographic information gathered by seals and an undersea glider, researchers found new meltwater currents, as well as a new seafloor trough.

A satellite image of Hurricane Edouard over the Atlantic Ocean
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2024 Could Be Among Most Active Hurricane Seasons Ever

by Grace van Deelen 23 May 202423 May 2024

A new NOAA report predicts an extraordinarily active Atlantic hurricane season spurred by record ocean temperatures and a shift to La Niña conditions.

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