Like currents, trade winds have always been important to mariners. Those blowing heads on yellowed old maps were not mere decoration. In the Indian Ocean ... Africa in the cool, dry winter ...

The sea ice that blankets the Arctic Ocean ... in maps. It’s a jigsaw puzzle of restless floes that are constantly colliding, deforming, and fracturing from the force of wind and ocean currents.

causing knock-on effects such as thermal expansion - which leads to a rise in sea level - and changes in ocean currents. The melting of ice both on land and in the sea also affects the ocean, causing ...

Microsoft is also experimenting with underwater data centers that rely on the ocean to cool servers, and ocean currents and nearby ... the federal government's map have on average 43%.

Apple has a new tool for surfers, open-water swimmers, saltwater boating enthusiasts and ocean lovers everywhere. The freshly ...

Partly because warm water is less dense than cool ... map of El Niño's effects is that, roughly, the closer you are to El Niño's Ground Zero, which is the tropical Pacific ocean, the higher ...

Pressure is measured in millibars. Standard pressure at sea level is 1013 millibars, but large areas of either high or low pressure can occur. Areas of high and low pressure are caused by rising ...

Summer is about to end, as fall officially begins with the autumnal equinox on Sunday, Sept. 22. But the end of summer ...

They have no propulsion but will ride ocean currents, directed by special software, to their Antarctic destination where they will activate their “landing gear” — three legs which spring out ...