A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.
The c 1 makes the ocean the secon d smallest in the world.Even though all the oceans on Earth connect to each other, people usually think of them as four d 2 parts: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, an d Arcti c Oceans. For more than 100 years, since the National Geographi c start...
A tropical cyclone that forms in the Pacific Ocean is called a typhoon. The same kind of storm in the Atlantic Ocean is called a hurricane. Typhoons only have two classifications, whereas hurricanes have five. What is the most dangerous kind of tornado? LeStudio // Shutterstock What is the ...
"Both El Nino and La Nina have defining characteristics, with El Nino associated with warmer than normal ocean surface temperatures in the central and eastern tropical Pacific - which leads to rainier cooler conditions in the south and warmer conditions in parts of the north. "La Nina...
Searching for the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1818, Sir John Ross had lowered his “deep-sea clam”—a sort of bivalved sediment scoop—into the waters of Baffin Bay (an inlet between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans), which he determined to be more than a ...
The National Geographic Society, one of the biggest science organizations(组织) in the world, has named the Southern Ocean as the world's fifth ocean. The decision was made to celebrate World Oceans Day, which falls on June 8 every year.All oceans are connected(相连) on the earth, so in...
It has the opposite pattern from El Niño, which is associated with warmer than normal ocean temperatures in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean No two La Niña events are exactly alike, but La Niña has a reputation for focusing the coldest an...
Other ocean basins may also influence tropical Pacific decadal climate through both atmospheric and oceanic pathways11,57. For example, decadal-scale cooling in the central-eastern tropical Pacific, a main factor driving global surface warming slowdowns, has been linked to tropical Atlantic SST warming...
Natural iron fertilization of the Southern Ocean by windblown dust has been suggested to enhance biological productivity and modulate the climate1–3. Yet, this process has never been quantified across the Southern Ocean and at annual timescales4,5. Here
Searching for the Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1818, Sir John Ross had lowered his "deep-sea clam"—a sort of bivalved sediment scoop-into the water of Baffin Bay ( an inlet between the Atlantic and Arctic oceans), which the determined to be more than a ...