North Atlantic Current, part of a clockwise-setting ocean-current system in the North Atlantic Ocean, extending from southeast of the Grand Bank, off Newfoundland, Canada, to the Norwegian Sea, off northwestern Europe. It constitutes the northeastward ex
Temperatures and pressures were measured at neutrally buoyant floats as they sank and while they remained at equilibrium depths for over 4 days at the location 12掳N, 27掳W in the Atlantic Ocean near Cape Verde. Two clusters of five floats each were used. One hovered at depths near 3700 ...
Further, recently published German research states that due to the influence of ocean current movements "...global surface temperatures may not increase over the next decade". Letter: Your Say - Climatechange hard to predict Foreign Minister Taro Aso said he called on South Korea for self-restra...
The system of ocean currents in the northern Atlantic Ocean that distributes cold and warm water between the North Atlantic region and tropics is close to a tipping point and may collapse as early as the middle of the century, a team of scientists warned. The dire prediction is theresult of...
Currents, coastal winds, coastal sea level, and coastal ocean temperatures were observed at a number of northern Baja California Pacific sites between October 1978 and October 1979. Coastal winds were weakly southward on average and fluctuated north-south throughout the year. Fluctuations were uncorrel...
Brazil Current, branch of the Atlantic South Equatorial Current, flowing southward in the South Atlantic Ocean along the eastern coast of South America from Cape St. Roque, Brazil, to about latitude 30°–40° S, where the northward-flowing Falkland Curr
This image by NOAA's Ocean Prediction Center shows the temperature of the Gulf Stream along the U.S. East Coast.NOAA Ocean Prediction Center "We would have a Gulf Stream just if we had the wind, if we didn't have this formation in the North Atlantic," Goes said. "...So even if ...
The Gulf Stream is a warm and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico. 10 What creates waves? Waves are primarily created by the action of the wind on the surface of water. 9 How do waves affect coastal areas? Waves can cause erosion, shape coastlines, and im...
Because the oceans have an extremely high thermal capacity when compared to the atmosphere, the ocean temperatures fluctuate seasonally much less than the atmospheric temperature. For the same reason, when air blows over the water, its temperature tends to come to the temperature of the water rathe...
Long Island has a climate that is very similar to other coastal areas of the Northeastern United States; it has warm, humid summers and cold winters, but the Atlantic Ocean helps bring afternoon sea breezes that temper the heat in the warmer months and limit the frequency and severity of thu...