This is a map of the world's major surface currents. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or ...

Geographer Alastair Bonnett on his pick of the most diverse maps, from a collection of 100,000 galaxies to a 12th-century ...

In addition, the rugged seafloor influences the behaviour of ocean currents and the vertical ... rise in different parts of the world, good ocean-floor maps are a must. Much of the data that's ...

The Florida current, which is the beginning of the Gulfstream, is a key component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a three-dimensional system of ocean currents that act as a ...

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Anna Turns sets sail from Plymouth Sound to explore the significance of blue carbon in marine habitats around the UK.

Although the water looks calm and still from outer space, it’s always moving in patterns called currents ... finds its way around the world, pollutes the oceans and can be harmful to sea ...

The world’s oceans also play an important role ... in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The map below shows the pattern of currents across the world. You can see that: The currents ...

New research challenges current thinking on the ocean’s role in storing carbon. A new MIT study challenges previous ...

At current rates plastic is expected to ... is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map ...

A new study by scientists at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, NOAA’s Atlantic ...