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Hace 5 días · Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering about one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. Its name, derived from Greek mythology, means the ‘Sea of Atlas.’ It is second in size to the Pacific Ocean.
Hace 2 días · The ocean is the body of salt water that covers approx. 70.8% of Earth. In English, the term ocean also refers to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided. The following names describe five different areas of the ocean: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Antarctic/Southern, and Arctic.
Hace 1 día · The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is the main current system in the Atlantic Ocean,: 2238 and it is also part of the global thermohaline circulation, which connects the world's oceans with a single "conveyor belt" of continuous water exchange.
24 de abr. de 2024 · AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean, bringing warm water north and cold water south. There has been concern in the scientific community that the AMOC is slowing down. Most climate scientists believe that a substantial weakening of AMOC might result in significant, possibly catastrophic, climate change.
Hace 6 días · The World Factbook. Atlantic Ocean. Page last updated: May 15, 2024. Photos of Atlantic Ocean. view 47 photos. Introduction. Background. The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than the Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean).
Hace 5 días · The Southern Ocean, also known as the Antarctic Ocean, comprises the southernmost waters of the world ocean, generally taken to be south of 60° S latitude and encircling Antarctica. With a size of 20,327,000 km 2 (7,848,000 sq mi), it is regarded as the second-smallest of the five principal oceanic divisions: smaller than the ...
7 de may. de 2024 · Caribbean Sea, suboceanic basin of the western Atlantic Ocean, lying between latitudes 9 and 22 degrees N and longitudes 89 and 60 degrees W. It is approximately 1,063,000 square miles (2,753,000 square km) in extent. Learn more about the Caribbean Sea in this article.
