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Saharan dust is helping limit Atlantic hurricane formation. It won’t last much longer
Saharan dust may be chipping away at the current tropical system, but experts say it usually winds down before August.
OTD In Space - July 21: Liberty Bell 7 Sinks In The Atlantic Ocean
NASA astronaut Gus Grissom completed the second successful human spaceflight mission for the United States of America. His ...
National Hurricane Center watching disturbance in the Atlantic, as heat is on in Florida
While the National Hurricane Center's map is lit up with a tropical disturbance, Saturday's forecast is much more about the ...
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Scientists just solved the mystery of the missing ocean plastic—now we’re all in trouble
Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in the form of ...
Unidentified body discovered floating in the Atlantic off New Hampshire coast
The body of an unidentified person has been found floating near the Isles of Shoals off of the coast of New Hampshire in the ...
Largest tagged great white shark in the Atlantic spotted 50 miles off coast of Nantucket
The Great Whites are coming? No they’re actually here.“Contender”, at 13 feet 9 inches long and over 1,650 pounds, is ...
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Atlantic Ocean circulation is the weakest in at least 1,600 years ...
An influential current system in the Atlantic Ocean, which plays a vital role in redistributing heat throughout our planet's climate system, is now moving more slowly than it has in at least 1,600 ...
27-Million Tons of Nanoplastics Are Floating in the North Atlantic Ocean
Nanoplastics are a scourge. A tiny one, but a scourge nonetheless. A new study estimates 27-million tons of it is floating in ...