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Two maps from the paper.
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Dual Tsunami Generation from Atmospheric and Oceanic Sources

by Ryan P. Mulligan 24 June 202424 June 2024

The 2022 Tonga volcanic eruption generated waves that propagated across the Pacific Ocean. A new analysis of sea level measurements is used to dissect the difference in wave components from two sources.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

ارتفاع درجة حرارة المحيطات يمهد الطريق لحدوث موجات جفاف خطيرة، ولكن يمكن التنبؤ بها، في شرق أفريقيا

by Saima May Sidik 13 March 202413 March 2024

اكتشف العلماء رابطة بين التدرجات الحرارية في المحيط الهادئ وبين موجات الجفاف الفتاكة والتي يمكن التنبؤ بها في شرق أفريقيا.

Kelp gigante en agua azul y soleada.
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Cuando los bosques en la tierra arden, los bosques submarinos sienten el impacto

by J. Besl 31 January 202431 January 2024

El kelp es un hábitat, un sumidero de carbono y un agente aglomerante en tu helado. Pero estudios recientes muestran que los bosques de kelp en California son afectados por el destino de sus contrapartes sobre tierra.

Graph from the paper.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Compound Extreme Events Threaten Marine Ecosystems

by Eileen Hofmann 23 January 202419 January 2024

Short-term extreme marine heat wave events superimposed on stressors from longer-term climate change produce compound extreme events that impact the Gulf of Alaska ecosystem.

Giant kelp grows in sunny, blue water.
Posted inNews

When Forests on Land Burn, Forests Underwater Feel the Impact

by J. Besl 18 December 20239 February 2024

Kelp is a habitat, a carbon sink, and a binding agent in your ice cream. But new research shows that California’s kelp forests are affected by the fate of their counterparts on land.

Comparison of two mussel beds, one in 1984 and one in 2023
Posted inNews

Ocean Warming Is Wiping Out Southern California’s Mussel Beds

by Madeline Reinsel 14 December 202314 December 2023

Historic photographs reveal the dramatic retreat of mollusks as warmer waters take a toll on the health of the intertidal zone.

Visualization of the Kuroshio current.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

Nutrients at Depth Can Be Uplifted by the Kuroshio Large Meander

by Takeyoshi Nagai 8 December 20238 December 2023

Aperiodic, southward deflection of the Kuroshio, a.k.a. the Kuroshio large meander, uplifts the nutrients in deep layers to induce offshore phytoplankton bloom.

Diagram from the study.
Posted inEditors' Highlights

ENSO Variations Modulate the Kuroshio in the East China Sea 

by Takeyoshi Nagai 7 December 20236 December 2023

Recent warm El Niño Southern Oscillation events strengthened winds over the western Subtropical North Pacific, leading to planetary waves with cyclonic eddies, weakening the Kuroshio in the East China Sea.

A group of East African people outdoors, sorting through large white bags of food with USAID labels.
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Ocean Warming Sets the Stage for Dangerous but Predictable East Africa Droughts

by Saima May Sidik 6 December 202313 March 2024

Scientists have uncovered a connection between temperature gradients in the Pacific Ocean and deadly but predictable consecutive dry spells in East Africa.

Illustration of vertical nutrient and organic carbon profiles.
Posted inEditors' Vox

Ocean Deserts Could Help Capture CO2 and Mitigate Global Warming

by Minhan Dai, Ya-Wei Luo, Hongyang Lin, Eric P. Achterberg, Thomas J. Browning, Matthew J. Church, Zhongping Lee and Wei-Lei Wang 1 December 20234 December 2023

Various nutrient sources in the upper waters of oceanic subtropical gyres, which are the Earth’s largest oligotrophic ecosystems, play a crucial role in governing the sequestration of atmospheric CO2.

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