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Ben Turner

'Missing' blob of water predicted to be in the Atlantic finally found

The Atlantic Ocean during a storm. .

Scientists have discovered a previously undetected water mass in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean: a gigantic body of water stretching across the Atlantic from the tip of Brazil to the Gulf of Guinea, near West Africa.

The water mass, named the Atlantic Equatorial Water, forms along the equator as ocean currents mix separate bodies of water to the north and south. 

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