For decades, scientists have had better maps of the Moon and Mars than of Earth’s own ocean floor. But thanks to NASA’s ...

Until now, only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped using ships with special sonar equipment. The rest has ...

Antarctica's remote and mysterious current has a profound influence on the climate, food systems and Antarctic ecosystems. Can we stop it weakening by 2050?

Experts have been working on mapping the ocean floor with traditional methods, sending ships across the water with sonar ...

As in the case of the winds, so also in ocean currents, the modifying force arising from the earth's rotation has a very important bearing, and should be well understood. There are certain ...

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 ...

More precise maps created using data from the SWOT mission can enhance underwater navigation and provide deeper insights into ...

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter ...

Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current, researchers have found. This melting has implications for global climate indicators ...