A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

But now, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), its course has been interrupted after becoming trapped in an ocean vortex. The iceberg, named A23a, is slowly spinning around and around ...

For example, in August 2024, A23a became trapped in a spinning ocean vortex near the South Orkney Islands. Each day, it ...

There might be more than 16 times as much plastic in the vortex than previous studies have estimated, according to the Ocean Cleanup researchers. An aerial view of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ...

The giant mass initially split from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica back in 1986, only to become trapped on the seabed and in an ocean vortex. However, it broke free in December and embarked ...

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