Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model ... supergyre links the southern portions of other, smaller current loops (gyres) that circulate in the southern Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian ...

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

Ocean currents are movements of water horizontally ... They flow in circular loops or gyres. Gyres are spiral oceanic surface currents and are found in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

Much of the debris that ends up in the North Pacific Ocean gets drawn into the North Pacific Gyre by currents. The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing ...

Global warming is having an impact on Atlantic Ocean currents that could lead to significant shifts in weather patterns in ...

to reveal the widespread presence of microplastics across all five subtropical gyres — vast, slow-moving accumulation zones created by circular ocean currents, wind patterns, and the Earth's ...

Plastic pollution is a significant issue in Hawaii, mainly due to its location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre—a massive system of rotating ocean currents. This current system traps debris ...

In one of the planet's five great oceanic gyres, human made marine debris becomes trapped in a circular ocean current that stretches from the east coasts of North America to the west coasts of ...

“We’re proud to partner with 5 Gyres on this collection that celebrates our oceans in addition to being eager to educate consumers on the dual environmental and human health crises stemming fr ...