Currents, Eddies & Gyres
WHOI News Releases

July 5, 2012
Scientists Discover New Trigger for Immense North Atlantic Ocean Spring Plankton Bloom
Ocean eddies help jump-start plankton blooms that spread across hundreds of square miles

April 28, 2011
Eddies Found to be Deep, Powerful Modes of Ocean Transport
Study Finds Connection between Atmospheric Events and the Deep Ocean

May 17, 2007
Oceanic Storms Create Oases in the Watery Desert
New Research Demonstrates that Mid-Ocean Eddies Pump Up Nutrients to Fuel Plankton Blooms



