The Southern Ocean has long stood out as an oddity in the global climate system. While most of the planet's surface oceans ...

Associate Professor Yoshi N. Sasaki, a specialist in Physical Oceanography, is involved in research into rising sea levels—particularly in coastal areas of Japan. He spoke about what he has learned so ...

The oceans play an important role in the earth’s climate; they transport heat from equator to pole, provide moisture for rain, and absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ocean models, such as this ...

Climate and ocean models use a series of equations to represent complex natural processes. However, the equations used in ...

Climate and ocean dynamics modelling encompasses the simulation of interactions between the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and land surface to understand and predict Earth’s climate system. At its core ...

A storm rolling into the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico, a regional ocean, is hugged by the southeastern United States and a large stretch of the Mexican coast, making it very important for both ...

Data assimilation integrates observational data with numerical ocean models to produce accurate estimates and forecasts of the ocean state. Techniques range from variational methods, which adjust ...

In the field of oceanography, researchers have been successful at simulating the ocean’s large-scale behavior but have struggled to capture smaller turbulent motions that play a key role in moving ...

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Scientists may have to rethink the relationship between the ocean's circulation and its long-term capacity to store carbon, new research suggests. As the ocean gets weaker, it could release more ...