Four fossilized monkey teeth discovered deep in the Peruvian Amazon provide new evidence that more than one group of ancient primates journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean from Africa. The teeth …read more Source:: Science
Tag: the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean may get a jump-start from the other side of the world
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•A key question for climate scientists in recent years has been whether the Atlantic Ocean’s main circulation system is slowing down, a development that could have dramatic consequences for Europe …read more Source:: Science
Atlantic circulation is not collapsing — but as it shifts gears, warming will reaccelerate
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•Data suggest that the recent, rapid slowdown of the Atlantic Ocean circulation is not a sign of imminent collapse, but a shift back toward a more sluggish phase. The slowdown …read more Source:: Science
Rainfall and ocean circulation linked in past and present
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•Research has found that changes in ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean influence rainfall in the Western Hemisphere, and that these two systems have been linked for thousands of years. …read more Source:: Science
Extreme low-oxygen eddies in the Atlantic produce greenhouse gases
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•In 2014, an international research team was able to investigate in detail eddies in the Atlantic Ocean which were characterized by extremely low oxygen concentrations. The interdisciplinary analysis of the …read more Source:: Science