Glaciers
Vanishing ice: Where is Greenland going?
Scientists journey to the Arctic circle to track meltwater from Greenland's largest marine-terminating glacier.
Tag: ocean currents
Biological oceanography
Lighting up the Polar Night
The northern lights aren't the only natural phenomenon lighting up the night in the Polar North.
Conservation
Current connections: how far away coastlines influence marine reserves
A research team used a state-of-the-art model to map how four remote Marine Protected Areas are connected to the surrounding…
Book Review Physical oceanography
Earth’s strongest current even stronger than previously thought
The Antarctic Circumpolar current, which wraps around Antarctica and connects the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, is notoriously difficult to…
Physical oceanography technology
Ghost ships, adorable flotsam, and measuring surface currents
The ocean is teeming with floating objects. Some of them are creepy, rusted, abandoned boats. Others are cute little bath…