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Unprecedented heat in the North Atlantic Ocean kickstarted Europe’s hellish 2023 summer. Now we know what caused it
Parts of the Atlantic Ocean are again much warmer than normal, priming Europe for more extreme heat this summer.
Scientists reveal what drove 2023's record-smashing North Atlantic marine heat wave
In a UNSW-led Nature study, researchers say that an off-the-scale marine heat wave in the North Atlantic Ocean in 2023 was ...
How we made it: ocean warming stays near record levels
The level of CO₂ in the atmosphere peaked globally at the mean of 426 parts per million in March, up from 423 ppm a year ago, and surpassed 430 ppm at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The ...
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Ocean plastic crisis goes way deeper than we thought
A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.
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Marine heat waves likely to ramp up as shallow ocean layers become trend
Oceanographers say that 2023's record-setting North Atlantic heat wave was driven by an atmospheric and oceanic heat exchange ...