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: Researchers create a 66-year data record to see how El Niño impacts temperatures in the California Current System
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Powerful Pacific Forces Disrupt the California Current

by S. Witman 11 August 20176 October 2021

Scientists create a 66-year data record to shed light on the role of El Niño in the California Current System’s shifting temperatures.

Researchers unravel the mystery of an anomaly in Earth’s ionosphere
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Auroras May Explain an Anomaly in Earth’s Ionosphere

by E. Underwood 7 August 201723 January 2023

A new study finds that the ionospheric anomaly over the Weddell Sea is likely influenced by proximity to auroral energy input, rather than by tilting magnetic fields.

Researchers analyze seafloor sediment cores to understand past behavior of the Black Current
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Sediment Cores Reveal Ocean Current’s Past Life

by S. Witman 28 July 20174 May 2022

East Asia’s Black Current may have rerouted in the past 10,000 years or so.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Mesmerized by Gracefully Gliding Albatrosses

by U. ten Brink 18 July 20176 October 2021

Despite avian distractions and dreadful weather, a research cruise to map the seafloor off Alaska revealed new insights into the Queen Charlotte Fault.

A new volcanic island, within other volcanoes of the South Pacific’s Tonga islands.
Posted inScience Updates

New Volcanic Island Unveils Explosive Past

by S. J. Cronin, M. Brenna, I. E. M. Smith, S. J. Barker, M. Tost, M. Ford, S. Tonga’onevai, T. Kula and R. Vaiomounga 26 June 201730 November 2022

A recent volcanic eruption near Tonga in the southwest Pacific created a new island, giving scientists a rare opportunity to explore the volcanic record of this remote region.

Researchers assess how a changing climate will influence ocean upwelling
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How Will Climate Change Affect the California Current Upwelling?

by Terri Cook 15 June 20176 October 2021

The results of new simulations that account for internal climate variability contrast with previous projections of how this vital West Coast current will respond to anthropogenic warming.

The Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia during an eruption that began in April 2016 and lasted about 6 months.
Posted inScience Updates

Understanding Kamchatka’s Extraordinary Volcano Cluster

by N. M. Shapiro, C. Sens-Schönfelder, B. G. Lühr, M. Weber, I. Abkadyrov, E. I. Gordeev, I. Koulakov, A. Jakovlev, Y. A. Kugaenko and V. A. Saltykov 1 May 20178 November 2021

An international seismological collaboration in Kamchatka, Russia, investigates the driving forces of one of the world’s largest, most active volcano clusters.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Observing the Ocean

by Toste Tanhua 25 April 201716 November 2021

How measurements from a glider deployed off the coast of Peru are contributing to a much-needed long time-series data set.

Researchers study what happens to ocean eddies when they encounter the Izu-Ogasawara Ridge in the Pacific Ocean.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

What Happens When Ocean Eddies Hit a Wall?

by E. Underwood 24 April 201722 July 2022

A new study tracks two ocean eddies passing over the Pacific Ocean's Izu-Ogasawara Ridge.

A new study examines how El Niño impacted fish populations off the coast of Mexico.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

How "Godzilla" El Niño Affected Tropical Fish in Low-Oxygen Zone

by E. Underwood 13 April 201718 March 2022

A warm period unexpectedly boosted some species of fish larvae off the coast of Mexico.

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