In some regions, strong ocean currents sweep nutrients up from the bottom to feed a thriving population. Called upwelling, the phenomenon drives plant and animal populations up until the nutrients are ...

This phenomenon is largely attributed to its unique upwelling and circulation characteristics. The team reconstructed the speed of ocean currents near the bottom of the Southern Ocean, south of ...

This phenomenon is largely attributed to its unique upwelling and circulation characteristics. The team reconstructed the speed of ocean currents near the bottom of the Southern Ocean by measuring ...

Paleoceanography of the eastern equatorial Pacific over the past 4 million years and the geologic origins of modern Galápagos upwelling An isolated, volcanic archipelago at the confluence of several ...

Winds play a strong role in the distribution of phytoplankton because they drive currents ... as upwelling of nutrient-rich deep water is suddenly renewed. El Niño events influence weather patterns ...

"Our results highlight the complex interplay of wind forcing, currents and mixing in this ocean region," says Professor ... nutrient supply at the equator: upwelling in the east driven by zonal ...

Human-induced climate change is causing shifts in the world’s largest ocean current and westerly wind systems also seen during periods of ice age and warmer intervals in Earth’s history ...