Scientists captured the first detailed images of small ocean currents, revealing their surprising role in shaping the climate ...

A new satellite has mapped Earth's ocean floors in unprecedented ... SWOT will continue to collect data on ocean currents, map the ocean floor and assess global freshwater availability throughout ...

The findings could provide new information about ocean currents, nutrient transport ... NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's water (video) — Watch NASA's SWOT satellite unfold ...

Arctic ocean is warming at record pace, threatening collapse of AMOC and heightening risk of severe coastal flooding in ...

Ocean currents are critical to life on Earth. These continuous flows of seawater ... seawater over a 1,000-year journey. This animated map from NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS ...

While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones — called submesoscale eddies — are notoriously ...

Currents also move nutrients and salt throughout Earth's ocean basins. Swirling vortexes of the Agulhas rings stand out in ECCO temperature and salinity maps as they move warm, salty water from ...

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Because the Earth rotates on an axis, this equatorial undercurrent in the Pacific Ocean is also stuck to the equator, locked in by the force of the planet’s rotation. This current under the surface of ...

Ocean currents on the world map. Graphic by BlueRingMedia via Shutterstock.com Due to global warming, melting glaciers have poured an abundance of freshwater into the ocean, which has led to hotter, ...