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A Lava Lamp Look at the Atlantic
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A Lava Lamp Look at the Atlantic

The Gulf Stream is a warm current amidst the cool North Atlantic. But the pattern is hardly uniform.

Published Dec 22, 2013

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A Better Global Thermometer
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A Better Global Thermometer

Published Feb 15, 2002

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The Gulf Stream
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The Gulf Stream

One of the strongest ocean currents on Earth ferries heat from the tropics into the far North Atlantic and toward Europe.

Published Apr 20, 2005

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Watery Heatwave Cooks the Gulf of Maine
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Watery Heatwave Cooks the Gulf of Maine

Extreme water temperatures in 2018 fit with a much longer trend in the region, which is among the fastest-warming parts of the global ocean.

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Global Temperature Anomaly, 1880–2013
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Global Temperature Anomaly, 1880–2013

A NASA research analysis shows how much warmer the Earth has grown compared to an averaged base period from 1951 to 1980.

Published Jan 21, 2014

Heat Temperature Extremes

Harvey Churned Up and Cooled Down the Gulf
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Harvey Churned Up and Cooled Down the Gulf

Cool rain and runoff, combined with the overturning of sea water, has cooled off the sea.

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