Oceanography
The World’s Most Powerful Water Flow Is Accelerating, and It Could Have Disastrous Consequences
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
Scientists extracted a 5.3 million-year record of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by drilling sediment cores in the Earth’s most remote waters. Here, ...
Scientists Have Discovered an Underwater Ancient Island Paradise in the South Atlantic Ocean
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
Samples were collected during expeditions conducted in 2018 by researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo (Brazil) and the University of ...
Mystery of Volcanic Tsunami Solved After 373 Years
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
Scientists used modern imaging techniques to study the 1650 Kolumbo underwater volcano eruption, revealing that a landslide followed by an eruption caused ...
An Unseen Factor Is Accelerating Antarctic Glacier Meltdown
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Dr. Thomas Hughes
A study from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography indicates that meltwater flowing beneath Antarctic glaciers accelerates their ice loss. This ...
