The Oceans and Climate Lab at CU Boulder seeks to better understand the ocean circulation, particularly in the tropical Pacific, and translate such knowledge into improved overall understanding of ...

April 11, 2025 - By Emily Becker - After just a few months of La Niña conditions, the tropical Pacific is now ENSO-neutral, ...

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

El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...

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 design, construction and operation of these galleries need to be precise to avoid drawing seawater into the island's water supply ... small islands in the Pacific Ocean, including Kiritimati ...

Ocean currents are movements of water horizontally ... although there is a stronger vertical circulation in the Atlantic. In the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean, there can be strong warm ...