One of the world’s most important ocean currents is dangerously weakening but new research suggests it is unlikely to stop ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, ...

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 ...

Over the past twenty years, global satellite observations have measured rapid melting of Patagonian glaciers, resulting in a ...

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 ...

This is a schematic of the trends in temperature and ocean-atmosphere circulation in the Pacific over the past two decades. Color shading shows observed temperature trends ( C per decade ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage ... regions that—due to their circulation patterns—attract ...

Over the past two decades, satellite-based planetary observations have recorded rapid mass loss of Patagonian glaciers, contributing approximately 0.07 mm per year to global sea-level rise. A study ...

Focusing on ocean circulation and geological processes in the Western Pacific, researchers at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) have been seeking to understand their ...