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1 day ago · Weather over the North Atlantic is largely determined by large-scale wind currents and air masses emanating from North America. Near Iceland, atmospheric pressure tends to be low, and air flows in a counterclockwise direction. Conversely, air flows clockwise around the Azores, a high-pressure area.
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Atlantic Ocean - Hydrology, Currents, Salinity: The surface...
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Atlantic Ocean - Islands, Coasts, Geography: Among purely...
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Atlantic Ocean - Tides, Currents, Waves: The tides of the...
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Atlantic Ocean - Fisheries, Marine Life, Conservation: The...
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Atlantic Ocean - Marine Life, Climate, Geology: The events...
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North Sea, shallow, northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean,...
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Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth...
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1 day ago · Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. Its name, derived from Greek mythology, means the ‘Sea of Atlas.’
- Covering approximately one-fifth of Earth’s surface, the area of the Atlantic Ocean without its dependent seas is approximately 31,568,000 square m...
- The Atlantic Ocean has an average depth (with its seas) of 11,962 feet (3,646 meters) and a maximum depth of 27,493 feet (8,380 meters) in the Puer...
- The outstanding feature of the floor of the Atlantic Ocean is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, an immense median mountain range extending throughout the len...
- The surface waters of the North Atlantic have a higher salinity than those of any other ocean, reaching values exceeding 37 parts per thousand in l...
- The Atlantic Ocean provides millions of tons of fish and other seafood annually for human consumption, including lobster, haddock, cod, mackerel, h...
3 days ago · The AMOC is composed of a northward flow of warm, more saline water in the Atlantic's upper layers and a southward, return flow of cold, salty, deep water. Warm water from the south is more saline ('halocline') because of the higher evaporation rate in the tropical zone.
4 days ago · The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index (also referred to as ‘Atlantic Multidecadal Variability’), based on SST changes, is a useful metric of North Atlantic climate variability 33 ...
1 day ago · North Sea, shallow, northeastern arm of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the British Isles and the mainland of northwestern Europe and covering an area of 220,000 square miles (570,000 square km). It is connected to the Atlantic by the Strait of Dover and the English Channel.
Sep 10, 2024 · Global warming, through its impact on ocean stratification and O 2 solubility, is driving the decline in marine oxygen inventory both at depth and in the subsurface with potentially catastrophic...
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Sep 7, 2024 · The meltwater over the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean is transported to the east and, after passing the Drake Passage, travels northward reaching the North Atlantic.
