Going with the flow: Visualizing ocean currents with ECCO ocean model
Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As ...
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 ... It forms part of the global ocean "conveyor belt" connecting the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans. The system regulates Earth's ...
Six Cyclones, Two Oceans, One Rare Storm Surge Shaking the Southern Hemisphere
In a rare meteorological event, six tropical cyclones churned across the South Pacific and Indian Oceans simultaneously in ...
Weakening currents in the Atlantic may mean a wetter northern Australia and drier New Zealand
Europe is warmed by heat from ocean currents, which move water from the warm tropics to the colder North Atlantic. Once the warm, salty waters from the tropics reach the polar region, they cool enough ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
Earth’s Strongest Ocean Current Could Slow 20 Percent by 2050 Because of Climate Change, Study Finds
is the most powerful ocean current on Earth. As it flows around Antarctica, it connects the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans and distributes nutrients around the world. In short, the ACC is a ...
The Victoria Advocate8d
Enchanting NASA video of ocean currents looks like Van Gogh’s art
A mesmerizing new visualization of ocean currents has been compared to the art of Van Gogh. NASA’s 'Perpetual Ocean 2' video uses the space agency's ocean model, Estimating the Circulation and ...
CBS News22d
New search underway for MH370 in Indian Ocean 11 years after Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared
In December, Loke said a new 5,800 square mile area of the southern Indian Ocean ... confident that the current search area is more credible," said Loke Tuesday. "They (Ocean Infinity) have ...
Big Take Asia: China’s Power Play in the Indian Ocean
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world ...
The Victoria Advocate17d
Melting ice could slow vital Antarctic ocean current: study
The Antarctic Circumpolar Current acted as a kind of "ocean conveyor belt" shifting immense columns of water through the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, Gayen said. Melting ice sheets would ...
Phys.org17d
Going with the flow: Visualizing ocean currents with ECCO ocean model
The Agulhas Current flows south along the western side of the Indian Ocean. When it reaches the southern tip of Africa, it sheds swirling vortices of water called Agulhas Rings. Sometimes ...