Mesoscale eddies, oceanic gyres about 100 kilometers in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a ...

“Beyond urine, whale carcasses also serve as nutrient deposits. When a whale dies, its massive body sinks to the ocean floor, creating a ‘whale fall’ — an event that supports entire deep-sea ...

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation likely won't completely collapse with global warming, but any weakening could ...

Kiel. How is organic matter transported from productive coastal areas to the open ocean? Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and MARUM - Centre for Marine ...

However, a new study published in Nature on Wednesday suggests that while the AMOC is still in trouble, a key mechanism, wind-driven upwelling in the Southern Ocean, can prevent its total collapse ...

Hurricanes move massive amounts of sediment from shallow reefs to deep oceans, affecting ecosystems long-term.

The authors find that, in all models, the AMOC weakens but is sustained by upwelling in the Southern Ocean, driven by strong winds in that region. To understand the AMOC-sustaining mechanism ...

Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel and MARUM - Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences at the University of Bremen have now shown that eddies play a crucial role in ...