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The world's largest iceberg drifts through the Southern Ocean
This giant ice mass of 3,900 square kilometers, named A23a, was formed in 1986 and has been moving very slowly. After being ...
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‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most terrifying ocean crossing
“The Southern Ocean is very stormy in general (but) in the Drake you’re really squeezing (the water) between the Antarctic and the southern hemisphere,” he adds. “That intensifies the ...
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Enormous iceberg in Southern Ocean is freed from a vortex
An iceberg the size of Rhode Island is once again floating through the Southern Ocean, after being stuck in place due to being caught in a vortex. The World’s Host Marco Werman speaks with Till Wagner ...
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Melting sea ice in Antarctica causes ocean storms, scientists say
The record-breaking retreat of Antarctic sea ice in 2023 has led to more frequent storms over newly exposed parts of the ...
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Huge Icebergs of the Southern Ocean
THE September Monthly Meteorological Ohart 01 the Indian Ocean, published by the British Meteorological Office, contains a most useful account of the icebergs of the Southern Ocean, as reported by ...
Greek Reporter10d
Greek Scientist Unravels the Origins of Earth’s Largest Ocean Current
A Greek scientist and his team discovered that the largest ocean current on Earth didn’t start flowing until 10 million years ...
Texas Southern University's 'Ocean of Soul' joins Beyoncé during NFL halftime show
Baltimore Ravens game at NRG Stadium — part of Netflix's first "NFL Christmas Gameday" live — she was joined by Texas ...
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Record-low Antarctic sea ice can be explained and forecast months out by patterns in winds
Amid all the changes in Earth's climate, sea ice in the stormy Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica was, for a long time, an odd exception. The maximum winter sea ice cover remained steady or ...