New research suggests continued global warming could put a major Arctic ocean current in serious trouble, and that the ...

A major ocean current in the Arctic, the Beaufort Gyre, is changing rapidly due to climate warming—and this could trigger a ...

Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific ...

Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model ... supergyre links the southern portions of other, smaller current loops (gyres) that circulate in the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...

By storing or releasing freshwater, the Beaufort Gyre influences the oceanic properties both within the Arctic and as far ...

Much of the debris that ends up in the North Pacific Ocean gets drawn into the North Pacific Gyre by currents. The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing ...

Ocean currents are movements of water horizontally ... They flow in circular loops or gyres. Gyres are spiral oceanic surface currents and are found in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

The Beaufort Gyre in the Arctic Ocean holds today large amounts of fresh water. If the gyre weakens due to climate change, it will release freshwater that could flood the North Atlantic and have an ...

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 ...

One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this century because of climate change, according to ...