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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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This water continues westward across the southern part of...
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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...
- Atlantic Ocean
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 · Isaac became a hurricane early Friday as it moved east across the Atlantic Ocean. It’s the ninth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. It’s not currently a threat to land.
3 days ago · for information on atlantic icebergs see information from north atlantic ice service at https://ocean.weather.gov/atl_tab.php (all lowercase). FOR ANY TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BEYOND 48 HOURS REFERENCE THE ASSOCIATED NWS TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECAST/ADVISORY (TCM).
1 day ago · The high seas forecast information. High seas forecasts are issued twice daily at 0930 and 2130 GMT and cover the next 24 hours and outlooks for the following 24 hours. The part of the North...
1 day ago · This water continues westward across the southern part of the North Atlantic as part of the warm North Equatorial Current, which turns northwestward as the Antilles Current upon reaching the West Indies and completes the North Atlantic circulation pattern.
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5 days ago · The portion located in the Atlantic Ocean, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, transports warm, near-surface waters (red) northward and returns cool, deep waters...
