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Changing winds could amplify North Atlantic climate anomaly
As the planet's oceans are gradually warmed by the effects of climate change, a huge area in the North Atlantic stands out as ...
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The world's most endangered large whale species is even closer to extinction than researchers thought
The North Atlantic Right Whale species is in a "crisis," NOAA says, with only a few hundred estimated individuals left in the world's oceans. "The species is approaching extinction with fewer than ...
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 ...
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We might lose these whales for good if we don’t slow down
Moby Dick made North Atlantic right whales famous—and put a target on their backs. Now, they’re careening toward extinction again, with just 365 individuals left. A North Atlantic right whale ...