Data from instruments mounted on elephant seals reveal that melting ice flushes fresh water into the Southern Ocean, suppressing an important arm of the global ocean circulation belt.
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What Steers Antarctica's Largest Current?
Scientists have observed that pressure from current-seafloor encounters drives the direction of the massive Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Southern Ocean.
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Going Against the Flow: Documenting Seasonal Current Reversal
Scientists discover the source of a coastal Korean current that reverses its flow in the summer.
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In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the "Blob" Overshadows El Niño
Underwater gliders and ocean modeling reveal unexpectedly weak El Niño effects on a major West Coast current.
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The Dance of Surface Waves and Ocean Circulation
One mathematical model best describes the complex interplay between an ocean's surface waves and its underlying circulation.
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How Do the Deep Waters of the Antarctic Form?
Researchers uncover new insights into the life cycle of water in the Antarctic region by measuring noble gas concentrations.
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Stars and Swells Guide a Polynesian Canoe Around the World
Modern oceanographers and ancient navigators rely on similar waves to study the world's oceans.
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Reconstructing the Ocean's Murky Past
Scientists test whether sparse, indirect data can reveal ancient ocean chemistry and circulation patterns.
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Growing Network of Radar Systems Monitors Ocean Surface Currents
Fourth Meeting of the Global High Frequency Radar Network; Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 22–23 September 2015
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Drifting Floats Reveal Nitrate Patterns in Mediterranean Sea
Next-generation autonomous platforms allow scientists to understand physical mechanisms that control nitrate availability in the Mediterranean surface water.