On the surface, ocean currents are driven by winds and the Coriolis effect. At greater depths, water temperatures and salinity influence currents in a process known as thermohaline circulation .

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented detail, a new study reveals. . The first year of measurements from NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite ...

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Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ...

The first year of measurements from NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, launched in December 2022 and developed by NASA and France’s Centre National D’Etudes ...

An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild conditions.

Meanwhile, at the surface, ocean currents are becoming more energetic. ... The satellite carries an instrument that will map variations in the height of the sea surface in unprecedented detail.

NASA's $1.2 billion Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite (SWOT) successfully launched from California on December 16, marking the start of an unprecedented mission to map Earth's water bodies.

ECCO and the western boundary currents. Large-scale wind patterns around the globe drag ocean surface waters with them, creating complex currents, including some that flow toward the western sides ...

A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.

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