When we’re talking about the global ocean circulation, we mean the large amounts of water moving constantly in the oceanic area. The surface circulation is created by the winds. The basic circulation process that takes its place on the ocean surface carries the mass of water to the cooler areas from the hot tropics. While moving to the cooler areas [ Read More ]
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April 25, 2001 — Miles below the ocean surface exist some of the most fascinating habitats for life on Earth. Here, where sunlight never reaches, live complex ecosystems that can appear and disappear within a matter of decades. What provides the thermal and chemical energy that fuels these ecosystems are deep-sea hydrothermal vents, one of the unofficial wonders of the [ Read More ]
EARTH DAY SHOULD BE OCEAN DAY By Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr. President Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education If we were to give relative time on Earth Day to different habitats, we would be talking about the oceans for 18 out of the 24 hours. Nearly three-quarters of the Earth’s surface is ocean. Although a costly lesson for [ Read More ]
By Gerrie Grevatt / South Shore Bureau White Point – Predicting climate change depends on understanding ocean behaviour as a major climate regulator, scientists say. Researchers from the world’s top oceanographic institutions gathered in White Point this week to talk about oceans and climate and the inroads scientists have made in monitoring oceans internationally. The oceanographers are members of the [ Read More ]
