We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

Accurate seafloor maps are also important for an improved understanding of deep-sea currents and tides, which affect life in ...

Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar ...

During a voyage off the east coast of Africa, researchers collected detailed measurements of massive swirling currents that ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter ...

Currents also move nutrients and salt throughout Earth's ocean basins. Swirling vortexes of the Agulhas rings stand out in ECCO temperature and salinity maps as they move warm, salty water from ...

The Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and Madagascar, is home to some of the most turbulent waters in the ocean.

Global warming is having an impact on Atlantic Ocean currents that could lead to significant shifts in weather patterns in ...

A NEW interest seems now to be taken in Ocean Currents, and much is being said and written upon the subject. In the investigation of this subject it is very important that we should understand ...