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Watch: 21-year-old rows across Atlantic Ocean, earning three world records
A 21-year-old British woman rowed 4,366 miles across the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the youngest person to ever do so -- and ...
Ocean and atmosphere equally responsible for Atlantic 'cold blob,' scientists find
A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...
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Scientists Shed Light on the Mysterious ‘Cold Blob’ in the North Atlantic Amid a Search for Its Cause
In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...
Is Atlantic hurricane season behind schedule? Here’s what’s really going on
The Atlantic hurricane season’s first storms of the year have been short-lived rainmakers. Current conditions suggest July ...
How warm is the water at Cape Cod's beaches right now? See ocean temps
The Massachusetts weather is supposed to be hot over the long weekend, so how will the water be along the shore?
NY man dies in Atlantic Ocean off NC Outer Banks
A man visiting North Carolina's Outer Banks died Monday while swimming in the Atlantic Ocean near Frisco, Cape Hatteras ...
Scientists discover the cause of Atlantic Ocean's mysterious cold spot
For over a century, scientists have noticed something unusual in the North Atlantic Ocean. While most oceans around the globe ...
Strange Atlantic cold spot linked to century-long slowdown of major ocean current
For more than a century, a patch of cold water south of Greenland has resisted the Atlantic Ocean's overall warming, fueling ...