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 .

Temperature combined with ocean currents have a significant influence on the distribution of marine life. These current patterns are shaped by the constant change in the distribution of land and sea ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

The scientists used decadal data averages, or climatologies, of the seawater temperature and salinity from 1955-1964 to 2005-2017 from NCEI’s World Ocean Atlas and sea surface height data from ...

The findings could provide new information about ocean currents, nutrient transport in seawater and the geologic history of Earth's oceans. You may like Mysterious 'mega-tsunamis' that shook the ...

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.

CNESEarth’s ocean is incredibly vast. Some parts of it are so remote that the nearest human habitation is the International Space Station. As the world warms, what happens in the ocean – and ...