An ocean of gyres. The surface flow in the North Atlantic consists of three large gyres. Far south, in the subtropical gyre, the water follows the Gulf Stream northward in a narrow, concentrated band.

The ocean’s thermohaline circulation, a system of various ocean currents and water-mass conveyors, is crucial for distributing heat, salinity, minerals, dissolved gases, and nutrients around the ...

A patch of the Atlantic Ocean just south of Greenland is cooling while much of the world warms. The origin of this "cold blob ...

For example, in the North Atlantic Gyre, water flows west along the equator, north past the U.S. East Coast in the Gulf Stream, back east along the Arctic, then south past Europe and Africa as the ...

The study confirms that the North Atlantic cold patch is due to a weakening ocean current system, not aerosols or wind ...

Four currents-the Gulf Stream, North Atlantic Current, Canary Current, and North Atlantic Equatorial Current-unite to form a rotating ocean current system known as the North Atlantic Gyre.

Synthetic microplastic abundance and composition along a longitudinal gradient traversing the subtropical gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin , 2022; 185: 114371 DOI: 10. ...

The waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain significantly greater quantities of plastic – composed of polymers arising from packaging, rope, and paint particles – than other areas of the ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to a new study. As a result, the North Atlantic could be flooded with ...

It's defined by ocean currents of the North Atlantic Gyre, which flood the Sargasso with multitudes of floating organisms. Perhaps, Helm told CNN, ...

By storing or releasing freshwater, it influences the oceanic properties both within the Arctic and as far away as the North Atlantic. Due to warmer temperatures in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre ...