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Satellite image of a collapsed storm over atolls
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Pacific Carbon Uptake Accelerating Faster Than Expected

by E. Underwood 29 May 201911 August 2022

A new study suggests that shifting ocean currents drive faster carbon dioxide uptake.

Satellite image of the Cape of Good Hope
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Shifting Winds Drive Ocean Temps Along South African Coast

by E. Underwood 24 May 201915 November 2021

A new study could help manage sardine populations in coastal waters.

Satellite image of south Vancouver Island
Posted inFeatures

Mud on the Move

Bas den Hond, Science Writer by Bas den Hond 21 May 201914 March 2024

Powerful submarine flows known as turbidity currents are starting to give up their secrets.

Point Sal on the California coastline in an aerial view of the study site for the 2017 Inner Shelf Dynamics Experiment.
Posted inScience Updates

Untangling a Web of Interactions Where Surf Meets Coastal Ocean

by J. Lerczak, J. A. Barth, S. Celona, C. Chickadel, J. Colosi, F. Feddersen, M. Haller, S. Haney, L. Lenain, J. A. MacKinnon, J. MacMahan, K. Melville, A. O’Dea, P. Smit, A. Waterhouse and T. Xu 2 May 201911 January 2022

In 2017, an ocean research team launched an unprecedented effort to understand what drives ocean currents in the overlap regions between surf zones and continental shelves.

Ocean acidification map of the bottom ocean water layer
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Explaining Ocean Acidification Patterns During Ancient Warming

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 29 April 201912 September 2022

Asymmetrical changes in ocean circulation and the marine carbon cycle could account for different degrees of ocean acidification between the Pacific and Atlantic.

The western Pacific Ocean
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Numerical Models Overestimate Near-Inertial Wind Power Input

by Terri Cook 19 April 201910 March 2022

The first study to estimate the global wind power on internal gravity waves based solely on observations offers a new benchmark for comparing future calculations.

An international team studying the Beaufort Gyre from their base on the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent.
Posted inEditors' Vox

In a Spin: New Insights into the Beaufort Gyre

by A. Proshutinsky and R. Krishfield 8 April 20199 August 2022

A new special collection in JGR: Oceans presents results from studies of the Beaufort Gyre, an oceanic circulation system in the Arctic that has far-reaching influence on the global climate.

The North Atlantic
Posted inNews

North Atlantic Circulation Patterns Reveal Seas of Change

Mary Caperton Morton, Science Writer by Mary Caperton Morton 2 April 20192 July 2024

New evidence suggests the eastern Atlantic may be the site of major overturning.

Posted inEditors' Highlights

Wrinkles and Bumps in the Gulf Stream

by A. M. Hogg 25 March 201920 July 2022

Observations of tiny vortices in the ocean interior provide hints of a dynamic richness of the deep ocean that we are yet to fully appreciate.

Sea surface temperatures off northeastern Taiwan
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Route for Upwelled Kuroshio Waters into East China Sea Shelf

by Lei Zhou 18 February 201911 January 2022

A simple algorithm obtains short-term variations in upwelling, which show that the subsurface Kuroshio waters can upwell directly into the East China Sea shelf under the advection of the Kuroshio.

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