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Scientists Who Found Mysterious ‘Dark Oxygen’ on the Ocean Floor Plan a New Expedition, Hoping to Settle Disputes
Last year, the team made headlines when it published a paper describing how metal lumps at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean ...
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Scientists sound alarm over terrifying ocean circulation tipping point that could end life
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, also known as the AMOC, is a system of deep ocean currents that function as Earth's central heating system. It sends warm water north and cold ...
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Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, also known as the AMOC, is a system of deep ocean currents that acts as the Earth’s central heating system. It sends warm water north and cold ...
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Dark oxygen: New deep sea expedition to explore mysterious discovery
The shock discovery that metallic nodules could be producing oxygen in the deep sea made headlines last year – now the team ...
Nature5y
Arctic Ocean Circulation: Going Around At the Top Of the World
The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...
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The oldest animal ever found could reveal whether a crucial ocean current will collapse
Experts have long known that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ... denser and sinks toward the bottom of the ocean. This deep water then travels south along the seafloor, getting ...
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Why would a collapse of Antarctic deep ocean circulation be a global threat?
A new Australian study has found the deep ocean circulation that forms around Antarctica could be headed for collapse over the next three decades, bringing with it significant implications for the ...
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Ocean Scientists Erupt With Joy Over Nautilus In The Deep
The footage gives scientists and ocean fans a rare glimpse ... “These interactions generate intricate circulation patterns that bring nutrient-rich deep water to the surface, driving high ...
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Climate change dials down Atlantic Ocean heating system
The circulation system plays a "significant role ... could cool the North Atlantic and north-west Europe and transform some deep-ocean ecosystems. That could also affect temperature-sensitive ...
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Antarctic ocean currents heading for collapse - report
It suggested changes to the conveyor-belt-like Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) could cool the ocean and north-west Europe, and affect deep-sea ecosystems. A sensationalised ...
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Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Ice Age
Roemmich, D. H. & Wunsch, C. Two transatlantic sections: Meridional circulation and heat flux in the subtropical North Atlantic Ocean. Deep-Sea Research I 32, 619-664 (1985). Seager, R.
Past climate change ‘shifts ocean currents and winds in Southern Ocean’
Analysis of global climate patterns from past 1.5 million years reveal links between ocean circulation and climate changes.