While scientists have long studied currents of large eddies, the smaller ones — called submesoscale eddies — are notoriously ...

Authorities are advising swimmers and surfers alike to exercise extreme caution—or avoid the ocean altogether—due to rip currents, longshore currents, and "sneaker waves" capable of sweeping ...

The findings could provide new information about ocean currents, nutrient transport in ... NASA's SWOT satellite maps nearly of all Earth's water (video) — Watch NASA's SWOT satellite unfold ...

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 ...

The SWOT mission is a joint project between NASA and CNES, with contributions from CSA and the UK Space Agency, and represents a new era in observing Earth. Its snapshots of the globe every 21 days ...

where deep ocean currents are pushing sediments around." But even locations with "high-resolution" data don't have much detail, especially when compared with the level of detail maps of the world ...

“This map has huge implications for scientific research. It will help us understand how the shape of the seafloor is affecting the paths of major ocean currents and the way the ocean water ...

Geophysicist at BAS and co-author of the map. "It will help us understand how the shape of the seafloor is affecting the paths of major ocean currents and the way the ocean water mixes ...

Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis. Her focus is reporting on the climate, environment and weather but she also reports on other topics for the National News Team.

Millions of residents and visitors across Florida are under advisories this week as rip current risks surge along ... prompting warnings of life-threatening ocean conditions from the National ...

Dan Warner, an associate scientist with the Delaware Geological Survey (DGS), will give the last University of Delaware Ocean Currents Lecture of the summer at 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 17 in Room ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a high rip current risk alert for South Florida's Atlantic coastline through Sunday evening, warning of hazardous ocean conditions that could endanger ...