Currents, Gyres, & Eddies
NASA mission will study how hidden ocean swirls soak up heat of global warming
Science
Two Kinds of Warm Core Rings Emanate From the Gulf Stream
EOS
Where food is scarce, ocean predators find snacks in swirling eddies
Popular Science
NASA’s S-MODE Takes to the Air and Sea to Study Ocean Eddies
NASA
The S-MODE team hopes to learn more about small-scale movements of ocean water such as eddies. These whirlpools span about 6.2 miles or ten kilometers, slowly moving ocean water in a swirling pattern.
Heat waves on Cape Cod may be tied to slowing ocean current
Cape Cod Times
WHOI researchers studied 25 years of data in search of cause behind rising ocean temperatures.
Global heating supercharging Indian Ocean climate system
Yahoo! News UK
Global heating is “supercharging” an increasingly dangerous climate mechanism in the Indian Ocean that has played a role in disasters this year including bushfires in Australia and floods in Africa.