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A new scientific atlas has just redrawn the map of Antarctica’s seafloor—and what it reveals could alter how researchers model sea-level rise, ocean circulation, and the continent’s past. The study, published in Marine Geology and led by researchers from the University of Barcelona and University College Cork, identifies 332 previously unmapped submarine canyons hiding beneath the Antarctic margin—five times more …

Cardiologists Are Begging You To Add These 3 Budget-Friendly Foods to Your Grocery List for Better Circulation originally appeared on Parade. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S. and the world, making it an important health condition to try to prevent. But cardiovascular disease is made up of a complicated group of conditions, so it’s often …

Some intriguing new measurements of salinity in the oceans around Antarctica have set off reams of sensationalist speculations. Maybe some context is helpful… What we’ve been seeing The climate change situation in the Southern Oceans (those seas surrounding Antarctica and connected by the massive Antarctic Circumpolar current) have been anomalous for many years, decades even. While even the earliest climate …

For the first time in recorded history, researchers have identified a drastic reversal in ocean circulation within the Southern Ocean, a finding that carries profound implications for global climate patterns. This momentous study, led by the National Oceanographic Centre (NOC) in the UK and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), reveals that since 2016, the …