We used this rich data to uncover the role of eddy currents. Ocean eddies are huge loops of swirling current, sometimes hundreds of kilometres across and reaching down over 1,000 metres.

Circular ocean currents, called “eddies,” play an important role in supplying nutrients for marine life and can stimulate ...

In research published today in Nature, we show almost half of the heat waves and cold snaps reaching the ocean's twilight zone—between 200 and 1,000 meters—are driven by large eddy currents ...

The Earth’s climate has dampening feedbacks as well as runaway tipping points, but they might be too small to save us.

FAU plans an ocean current test facility near Palm Beach. South Florida aims to become a blue tech industry hub. Florida Atlantic University is serious about harnessing ocean power to create clean ...

with ocean currents influencing their frequency. While marine heatwaves (MHWs) have been studied at the sea surface for more than a decade, new research published today in Nature has found 80 per ...

A collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a system of ocean currents that transports warm water into the North Atlantic and provides Europe its mild climate, could put living ...

Forty-four of the world's leading climate scientists have called on Nordic policymakers to address the potentially imminent and "devastating" collapse of key Atlantic Ocean currents. The currents ...

John Christian Fjellestad via Flickr The collapse of one of the world’s most important ocean currents, a disaster that would wreak havoc on Earth’s ecosystems, is generally considered unlikely. But in ...

Dangerous currents are posing beach hazards in three states on Thursday, according to National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists.

A weaker AMOC could result in less heat being transported to higher latitudes. The Arctic is heating up three to four times ...