An impressive current system of the Atlantic Ocean, which plays an important role in the redistribution of heat in our planet’s climate system, is moving at a slower pace in at least 1,600 years. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the journal Nature Geoscience by some …
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LONDON (AP) – Tristan da Cunha, an island with 245 permanent residents, is being built to protect endangered rockhopper penguins, yellow-nosed albatrosses and other wildlife in the South Atlantic, three times the size of the United Kingdom. . The British Foreign Office, which calls itself the most remote island on …
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For years, scientists have been trying to track down an extremely rare “boomerang” earthquake. Well, they’d taken one into the ocean for the first time – and it’s even more bizarre than they expected. Earthquakes are the result of rocks breaking on a fault, which is a boundary between two …
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Tropical storm Gonzalo is approaching Trinidad and Tobago. He is expected to tour the South Windward Islands on Saturday. It is a very small storm, so its impacts will be minimal. Flood rain, high winds, high waves, and coastal flooding are possible in parts of the Windward Islands. Gonzalo is …
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Tropical storm Gonzalo formed on Wednesday in the central Atlantic basin, halfway between the West African coast and the islands of the Lesser Antilles. It was originally expected to remain a tropical storm, but the National Hurricane Center has revised its forecast to increase the chances of it becoming a …
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