NASA’s SWOT satellite reveals how small ocean features move heat and nutrients, reshaping climate and circulation models.

New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the ...

Gyres are spiral oceanic surface currents and are found in both the ... polewards flows concentrated in the western edges of each ocean. For example: Gulf Stream in the north-west Atlantic ...

This 2018 satellite photo shows an unknown substance swirling across the Gulf of Gdańsk in Poland. Scientists were shocked to ...

What is a high-frequency radar? High-frequency or HF radar is a shore-based remote sensing system used to measure offshore water surface currents by sending a low-power electromagnetic pulse over the ...

The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing surface currents that move in a clockwise direction: the North Pacific Current, the California Current, the North ...

The best example of this intriguing phenomenon ... algae blooms that get swirled across the ocean surface by wind and ocean currents. However, such blooms are normally clearly visible to the ...