Ocean circulation also serves as the mediator between large-scale ... which weakens the surface current and reduces EUC deceleration through vertical friction. EUC strengthening has important ...

The ocean is a vital part of our planet's climate system. Through its global circulation patterns, the ocean draws vast ...

This suggests that climate change has resulted in shifting patterns in ocean circulation ... changes in surface ocean currents, and vertical movement due to mixing of surface and deep water.

The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...

The specific mechanisms that cause the vertical flows are not entirely ... Running such particle-tracking experiments within the ocean circulation models helps scientists understand how and ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to a new study. As a result, the North Atlantic could be flooded with ...