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Atlantic Ocean Circulation at Weakest Point in 1,600 years

Atlantic Ocean Circulation at Weakest Point in More Than 1500 years New research led by University College London (UCL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) provides evidence that a key cog...

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Gulf Stream is weakest its been in 1,600 years, study says

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What If the Ocean’s Climate-Controlling ‘Conveyor Belt’ Came to a Halt?

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A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Ocean

Like someone monitoring the traffic flow on a road system, MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Sam Levang is examining the flow of the ocean's global circulation, which has big impacts of our climate.

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The long memory of the Pacific Ocean

Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Harvard University have found that the deep Pacific Ocean lags a few centuries behind in terms of temperature and is still adjusting...

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Waters West of Europe Drive Ocean Overturning, Key for Regulating Climate

In the Atlantic MOC, warm, salty, shallow waters are carried northward from the tropics by currents and wind, and then converted into colder, fresher, deep waters that return southward through the...

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The Ocean Conveyor

Today’s climate system is influenced by the ocean’s conveyor-like global circulation.

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Study Finds No Direct Link Between North Atlantic Ocean Currents, Sea Level...

A new study by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) clarifies what influence major currents in the North Atlantic have on sea level along the northeastern United States. The study, published...

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The future of the ocean’s conveyor belt

WHOI scientist Young-Oh Kwon discusses the state of the AMOC—the crucial North Atlantic current that regulates our planet's climate.

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Two New Studies Substantially Advance Understanding of Currents that Help...

Two studies shed new light on a critical driver of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and potential impacts of rising temperatures

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