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 ...
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Ocean's 'heart' is slowing down — and it will affect the entire planet's circulation
Melting Antarctic ice is slowing Earth's strongest ocean current, according to a new study. The influx of cold meltwater ...
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Mesmerizing Ocean Currents From NASA Being Compared to Van Gogh Art – LOOK
A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents from NASA has been compared to the Starry Night painting of Van Gogh.
The 'heart' of the ocean is slowing down, study finds
The influx of cold meltwater could slow the Antarctic Circumpolar Current by up to 20% by 2050, researchers reported March 3 ...
New research on Atlantic Ocean currents misrepresented online
Global warming is having an impact on Atlantic Ocean currents that could lead to significant shifts in weather patterns in ...
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Is the AMOC headed for a tipping point? Interview with Henk Dijkstra
At some point, melting ice in the North Atlantic—caused by increased global warming—will cause so much freshwater to be ...
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March 2025 ENSO Update: La Niña Conditions Persisted Through February, But Forecasters Expect ENSO-Neutral Conditions to Develop Soon
March 15, 2025 - By Emily Becker - La Niña conditions persisted through February, but forecasters expect ENSO-neutral conditions to develop in the next month and persist through the Northern ...
A 'surprising' cause of sargassum blooms in Caribbean: Study pinpoints changes in circulation and wind patterns
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A recent study published in Nature Communications may have identified what drove a tipping point that established the phenomenon ...
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‘I’m at a total loss for words at how hostility toward science has escalated in the U.S.’
Jochem Marotzke, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, spent several years researching in the USA himself. He ...
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NASA’s ocean visualisation: A mesmerising Van Gogh-inspired masterpiece
Discover NASA’s groundbreaking 3D ocean currents visualisation, where Van Gogh-inspired art meets modern ocean science ...
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Co-authored USF study identifies ‘surprising’ cause of sargassum blooms in Caribbean
Researchers identified a strong negative North Atlantic Oscillation in 2009–2010 as the tipping point that pushed sargassum ...
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Researchers identify ‘tipping point’ that caused Sargassum inundations in the Caribbean
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.