Melting sea ice allows oceans to warm more rapidly, which melts more sea ice. Once triggered, they can be difficult or even impossible to reverse on timescales meaningful to humans.

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 ...

For one, moorings and buoys in the Atlantic Ocean have been collecting direct observations of the circulation system only since 2004. As a result, scientists must look at other features that could ...

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.

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.

A German-French study led by the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel has used long-term observations to investigate the complex interplay between fluctuations in the equatorial current ...

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 ...

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 ...