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Ocean current expected to warm - and could drive up sea level rise, study finds

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A sprawling, slow-moving system of ocean currents circulating in the Atlantic that help regulate the earth’s temperature is set to deliver a blob of warmer, ...
Yahoo

When will a vital system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean collapse? Depends on whom you ask.

Just below Greenland is a menacing stretch of water known as the Cold Blob. As the planet heats up, the Cold Blob remains a spooky outlier — positioned right above the area where the Atlantic Ocean’s ...
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🌊 When North American ice melt raised ocean levels by 10 meters

The melting of the immense ice sheets that once covered our planet profoundly altered ocean levels at the end of the last ice ...
NPR

The ocean's currents are shifting. Why?

A warming climate doesn't just affect dry land — it affects the ocean, too. For many years, Earth's ocean has acted as a heat sink for climate change: A large part of the heat generated by human use ...
CNN

A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US.

Flooding on the US Northeast coast has risen significantly as a critical network of Atlantic Ocean currents weakens, according to a new study — an alarming glimpse into the future as some scientists ...
Phys.org

Clam shells sound alarm over unstable North Atlantic currents

Bivalves, such as clams, oysters and mussels, record seasonal environmental changes in their shells, making them living chronicles of climate history. A new study of bivalve shells has detected two ...
NPR

NPR's Short Wave explores how climate change is shifting ocean currents in new series

In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly shift three-quarters of the ocean's surface currents by the end of the century.
CNN

Scientists mapped what happens if a crucial system of ocean currents collapses. The weather impact would be extreme

The collapse of a crucial network of Atlantic Ocean currents could push parts of the world into a deep freeze, with winter temperatures plunging to around minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit in some cities, ...
Phys.org

From sea ice to ocean currents, Antarctica is now undergoing abrupt changes—and we'll all feel them

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is ...
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Hundreds of beachgoers rescued from powerful ocean currents on Fourth of July

LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — Hundreds of people were rescued from ocean waters along the California coast on the Fourth of July due to strong currents and powerful surf conditions. According to the ...
Nature

Physical Oceanography

Physical oceanography examines the motions, properties and processes that influence the world’s oceans. It is concerned with currents, waves, tides, internal mixing and the exchanges that occur both ...