The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

A STUDENT died after she got caught in an underwater vortex while diving in the sea, an inquest heard. Emily Sherwin vanished ...

A student from Poole died in a “vortex” current during a dive on the Dorset Coast. Emily Sherwin was diving at Old Harry ...

But now, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), its course has been interrupted after becoming trapped in an ocean vortex ... in a rotating cylinder of water called a Taylor column.

Emily adored the sea and loved sailing and diving ... "Upon entry to the water, Ms Sherwin has got caught in a vortex, she became separated from her dive buddy and failed to return to the surface.

Beneath the surface of the Southern Ocean, vast volumes of cold, dense water plunge off the Antarctic continental shelf, cascading down underwater cliffs to the ocean floor thousands of meters below.

Much of the debris that ends up in the North Pacific Ocean gets drawn into the North Pacific Gyre by currents. The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing ...

Like ocean waves, Rossby waves can "break" on top of the polar vortex, weakening it and — in extreme cases — reversing the direction of its winds. Last year, a sudden stratospheric warming ...

She described a deep sense of calm when under the sea, ironically she described ... "Upon entry to the water, Ms Sherwin has got caught in a vortex, she became separated from her dive buddy ...