Harnessing Ocean Currents to Power the Future
As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar ...
How is Ocean Weather Affected by the Atmosphere?
Discover groundbreaking research on how atmospheric winds influence ocean eddies, reshaping previous assumptions. Learn how ...
Winter flood and storm damage may worsen due to Atlantic wind system changes, scientists warn
A change in the natural wind system over the Atlantic Ocean due to worsening climate change could lead to increasingly severe winter flooding and storm damage in northwestern Europe, scientists have ...
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Galapagos penguin numbers recovering with shifts in trade winds and ocean currents
The black and white Galapagos Penguins landed on the endangered species list in 2000 after the population plummeted to only a few hundred individuals Most live on the archipelago's westernmost ...
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Hawaii’s American colonizers once banned the Hawaiian language in schools. Some Native Hawaiians tried to lighten their skin, and many people believed Polynesian voyagers simply lucked into finding th ...
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Scientists Propose Network of Autonomous Vehicles to Observe Ocean Surface
A new paper from an international team of more than 50 researchers, including four from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...
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Whirls, Curls, and Little Swirls: The Science Behind Von Karman Vortices
Above: A Von Karman vortex street downwind of the Canary Island chain in the eastern Atlantic Ocean off the coast ... Von Karman vortex streets as prevailing winds blow around an object such ...