A new study led by a University of Maryland researcher has found that the Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down.

Melting sea ice slows Atlantic Ocean currents; warmer water stays offshore to raise storm risk for the Carolinas

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The organizer of the campaign tells WRAL News that he's creating an organization with a board that seeks to carry out the fundraiser's primary goal: to throw "a world-class party." The group also hopes to give excess money to charities.



Organizer of viral fundraiser for UNC frat 'rager' creating board to plan party, give to charities

American flag goes back up on UNC campus

-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE DEC. 17, 2017. -- Sheila Nevins, president of HBO Documentary Films, at the Carlyle Hotel in New York, Dec. 8, 2017. After almost 40 years, Nevins is departing as the high priestess of HBO Documentary Films, where she has worked day and night, through weekends and vacations, supervising the production of over 1,200 documentaries. (Jesse Dittmar/The New York Times)

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