Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model ... supergyre links the southern portions of other, smaller current loops (gyres) that circulate in the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian ...

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

Ocean currents are movements of water horizontally ... They flow in circular loops or gyres. Gyres are spiral oceanic surface currents and are found in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Much of the debris that ends up in the North Pacific Ocean gets drawn into the North Pacific Gyre by currents. The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing ...

By storing or releasing freshwater, the Beaufort Gyre influences the oceanic properties both within the Arctic and as far away as the North Atlantic.

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 ...

In one of the planet's five great oceanic gyres, human made marine debris becomes trapped in a circular ocean current that stretches from the east coasts of North America to the west coasts of ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...

New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the consequences could extend far beyond the North. Known as the Beaufort Gyre ...