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Harnessing Ocean Currents to Power the Future
As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar ...
NASA’s SWOT Satellite Just Revealed Thousands of Hidden Mountains Beneath the Ocean
We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...
Deep-Sea Mining Threatens Sea Life In A Way No One Is Thinking About
This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet below the ocean surface and sustains life across our ...
Shifts in subtropical North Atlantic Ocean expected over the next decade
A new study analyzed nearly four decades of deep ocean observations to reveal significant cooling and freshening of deep ...
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The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050? Flowing clockwise around Antarctica ...
Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth’s strongest ocean current: ‘There could be severe consequences’
Freshwater from melting ice sheets can slow the critical ocean circulation that helps regulate the planet’s climate ...
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Thinner Arctic sea ice may affect the AMOC
One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...
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Harnessing Ocean Currents to Power the Future
Ocean currents here reach power densities above 2,500 watts per square meter, making them 2.5 times stronger than top wind energy sites. The relatively shallow water—about 300 meters deep ...