Ocean eddies are churning harder, driving coastal currents and temperature extremes by warming surface waters while cooling ...

The failure of a vital ocean upwelling has sparked concerns of catastrophic effects for life, according to scientists. Every year, between December and April, northerly winds create a rising current ...

Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a ...

Research shows that intensifying ocean eddies are reshaping coastal climates by warming surface waters while cooling the deep ...

A subpolar gyre is a large-scale ocean current system located at high latitudes created by a persistent region of low atmospheric pressure. These gyres circulate water in a cyclonic direction – ...

New research reveals a powerful yet overlooked driver of climate change: Intensifying ocean eddies. These swirling currents—that break off from major ...

Tropical upwelling regions play an active role in climate and oceanic biogeochemical cycles as well as supporting the most productive oceanic food chains. They support the world’s largest fisheries ...

The North American Gulf Stream as illustrated with the ECCO model. Download this visualization from NASA Goddard’s Scientific Visualization Studio. Credit: Greg Shirah/NASA’s Scientific Visualization ...

The animation shows surface chlorophyll concentrations – comparable to fluorescence – generated by a research model that simulates both ocean physics (such as currents, temperature and salinity) and ...