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Researchers work to unravel the unpredictable cycles of rainfall during India’s monsoon.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Mysterious Intraseasonal Oscillations in Monsoons

by S. Witman 12 April 201716 December 2021

The unpredictable cycles of rainfall during India's summerlong monsoon have stymied scientists for decades.

Researchers track waters from the Mediterranean where they meet the Black Sea to see how they interact.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Big Storms Pump Mediterranean Water Far into the Black Sea

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 11 April 20176 February 2023

For the first time, scientists provide a sea-wide view of what happens to Mediterranean waters that flow into the Black Sea through the Bosporus Strait.

CTD instruments lowered into the icy waters of the Labrador Sea from the R/V Maria S. Merian.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How the Deep, Cold Currents of the Labrador Sea Affect Climate

by E. Underwood 3 April 20177 March 2023

Seventeen years of ocean current data link global atmospheric and oceanic circulation.

sunlight on water
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Sun Glitter Provides a Detailed Map of Ocean Waves

by S. Witman 20 March 20176 February 2023

European scientists use satellite sensors to detect light reflected off waves at the ocean's surface, which could help improve wave forecasts.

Researchers have developed a new tool to assess short-term changes in threatened coral reefs.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Scientists Develop New Tool to Monitor Reef Health

Sarah Stanley, Science Writer by Sarah Stanley 2 March 201711 August 2022

A first-of-its-kind system could reveal short-term changes in threatened reefs worldwide.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Tracing the North Atlantic's Bottom Waters

by Terri Cook 16 November 20163 June 2024

Chemicals released by two European nuclear fuel reprocessing plants, along with certain chlorofluorocarbons, are helping to constrain the speed and behavior of North Atlantic deep-ocean circulation.

Researchers recreate the the climate history of the ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Reconstructing Ocean Climate History

Alexandra Branscombe by A. Branscombe 21 October 201611 January 2023

Scientists recreate ocean climate data to explore historical warming—and cooling—trends in Earth's seas.

Measures of current and pressure in the Southern Ocean show their effect on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Steers Antarctica's Largest Current?

Alexandra Branscombe by A. Branscombe 11 August 201622 July 2022

Scientists have observed that pressure from current-seafloor encounters drives the direction of the massive Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Southern Ocean.

Ocean wave viewed from below.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Dance of Surface Waves and Ocean Circulation

Shannon Hall by S. Hall 19 July 20168 June 2022

One mathematical model best describes the complex interplay between an ocean's surface waves and its underlying circulation.

Wedell Sea ice source of Antarctic bottom water
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How Do the Deep Waters of the Antarctic Form?

by W. Yan 12 July 201619 July 2022

Researchers uncover new insights into the life cycle of water in the Antarctic region by measuring noble gas concentrations.

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