Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the ...

To improve the accuracy and to validate estimates of ocean currents from ocean models, it is important to combine satellite observations with in situ data sources provided by drifting buoys and ships.

Scientists have detected a 30% slowdown of the deep ocean currents that form in Antarctica, with profound consequences for Earth’s climate, sea level and marine life.

Nadia K. Ayoub, María Paz Chidichimo, Edward Dever, Xinyu Guo, Sung Yong Kim, Marjolaine Krug, Belén Martín Míguez, Tamaryn Morris, Moninya Roughan, Janet Sprintall, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Robert E. Todd, ...

Press Release Ocean-Observing Satellites Help Break Current Records by SpaceRef February 8, 2008 ...

A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a “catastrophic” tipping point in the global ...

Citations D.L. Volkov et al. Florida Current transport observations reveal four decades of steady state. Nature Communications. Published online September 5, 2024. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-51879-5 ...

The study gathered data from observations, ice cores, and ship logbooks to chart long-term changes in the area of sea ice.

Ocean currents are moving faster today than they did two decades ago. New research, published today (Feb. 6) in the journal Science Advances, finds that this acceleration is occurring around the ...