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A water body (ocean) that separates North and South America from Africa and Europe.

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The preseason and midseason forecasts for the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season predicted not just a very active hurricane season (accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) greater than 160.1) but a hyperactive ...
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Hi If you look at the warm water currents in the N Atlantic, you can see how they have an overall eastward movement pattern: Source If you compare this with the Coriolis forces, which also turn in an ...
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I am currently looking for a good illustration of the currents in the N atlantic. They should not be extremely complex, but they should be realistic. I have now found a figure that I am very happy ...
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I am looking for research trips on recent sediments (from about 1880) from the Central Downwelling Zones of the AMOC. The focus is on the regions: the Irminger Basin and the Labrador Basin. I ...
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I am using data in a GIS application that shows some land or islands in areas where I would not expect such, or at least have never heard that there are islands. How to find these in Google Earth? Do ...
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The traditional list of hurricane names for the year goes from A to W, and, in the very rare occurrence that the W storm has formed and there is another tropical storm out there, then the Greek letter ...
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This tweet from Brian McNoldy includes a graph suggesting that tropical cyclones are typically getting named earlier in the year in the Atlantic: What are the causes for this?
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I am confused after reading conflicting text from different sources. For example, I read that divergent oceanic plates form ridges. National Geographic calls Mid-Atlantic Ridge a valley! On the other ...
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The volume transport of the Florida Current (one of the parts of the Gulf Stream) is measured using an underwater cable. What are the processes that allow for these measurements? How can we obtain ...
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Why does the Guinea Current exist at all? There are no similar currents in the Pacific or Indian Oceans and the Guinea Current also disappear during northern summers. Why?
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On Google Maps I just found a drain east of Newfoundland: More details at https://www.scribblemaps.com/maps/view/What_is_that/Jafix1 I wonder what that could be? I heard about issues from different ...
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I am taking a navigational course and part of it is about meteorology. There is one thing which is, although obvious, quite hard for me to grasp. Looking at a global weather map like this: https://...
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Hurricane Alex (developed from an area of low pressure which began in the Atlantic near Bahamas in January 2016, and developed subtropical and later tropical storm characteristics to the south of the ...
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I can't find any examples, has it just never happened before or is it impossible because of environmental factors?
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A "meddy" is usually described as a Mediterranean Water eddy. While many meddies have been observed in recent years, I would want to know what are the common characteristics of such features (...
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