How circulation patterns of surface currents could help clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific ...
The current La Niña event is already on its way out
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - La Niña conditions have been present in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific Ocean since ...
BBC16d
The world's strongest ocean current should be getting faster – instead, it is at risk of failing
Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence ... It forms part of the global ocean "conveyor belt" connecting the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The system regulates ...
Phys.org17d
Going with the flow: Visualizing ocean currents with ECCO ocean model
The Kuroshio Current that runs on the west side of the Pacific Ocean and along the east side of Japan has recently been associated with upwellings that enrich coastal fishing waters. The specific ...
The Engineer2d
Seafloor cables detect Pacific Ocean earthquakes
Earthquakes have been detected in the Pacific Ocean using cable-based ocean monitoring techniques employed by scientists from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and New Zealand’s Measurement ...
Pacific Daily News7d
Enchanting NASA video of ocean currents looks like Van Gogh’s art
A sequel to the popular first version from 2011, the new visualization now shows currents not just at the water's surface.
Earth.com5d
Record heat of 2024 triggered a surge in sea level rise
NASA data shows global sea levels are rising faster than expected. Most of the rise in 2024 came from ocean warming, not ...
Inside Climate News16d
Global Warming Will Weaken Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current, New Study Predicts
The slowdown of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current could have 'dire' consequences, including greater climate variability and ...