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For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as ‘expressway’ to deeper depths

Some of the ocean’s tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from…

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A rapid shift in ocean currents could imperil the world’s largest ice shelf

Antarctica’s largest ice shelf, buttressing a dozen major glaciers and slowing their flow into the ocean, may be surprisingly sensitive…

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System of Atlantic Ocean currents approaches ‘cliff-like’ tipping point, could collapse, study says

An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking…

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