Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Mozambique Channel features some of the ocean's most turbulent currents, forming anticyclonic rings up to 350 km wide and 2,000 m deep. These currents ...

As global electricity use grows, the strain on traditional energy sources increases. Renewable options like wind and solar ...

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

Located offshore of Abaco Island in the Bahamas, this key reference line is vital for studying changes in ocean currents and water mass properties in the Atlantic. Over the past 40 years ...

It was about fairness and compliance with federal law. The current map is the product of bipartisan compromise, legislative action and judicial review. The Supreme Court has a duty to uphold the ...

Boundary currents in the ocean impact our climate on a wide range of scales. The Gulf Stream, for example, being one of the prominent western boundary ...

Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current Mar. 3, 2025 — Melting ice sheets are slowing the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the world's strongest ocean current ...

The EZIE mission’s trio of small satellites will fly in a pearls-on-a-string configuration approximately 260 to 370 miles above Earth’s surface to map auroral electrojets, powerful electric currents ...