Amazon freshens up the waters
When it comes to studying the ocean, it is important to know the quantity of salts in the water. Either modelled or observed, in-situ or by satellite, salinity varies all over the globe, especially at...
View ArticleArctic ice on the move
Ice extent record minima, the opening of the Northeast or Northwest Sea Passages… The Arctic is often in the news these days. Modelling and forecasting its moves as well as its reaction to climate...
View ArticleEl Niño is back – again
Cyclones have increased in the Pacific whereas the last Atlantic hurricane season showed a decrease in events. El Niño, this ocean/climate phenomenon, is back -- wreaking havoc on climate worldwide.
View ArticleCrossing Gibraltar Strait
Gibraltar Strait is of major importance, oceanographically, strategically... It is where colder Atlantic Ocean waters enter the warmer Mediterranean Sea. A map of Sea Surface Temperature (SST)...
View ArticleInfluences on the North-West Shelves
The weather in Britain is notorious for being unpredictable. However, it is not only the lands that show changes with the weather. The ocean also reacts quickly to the weather, initially at the surface...
View ArticleRounding a Mediterranean Gyre
To study one of the best-known oceanic feature of the Mediterranean Sea, the Ierapetra gyre (South-East of Crete), the use of several kind of data, as MyOcean provides, is a definite plus.
View ArticleLa Niña, the terrible Sister
Following its elder brother (El Niño) from mid-2010, La Niña has in turn wreaked havoc on Pacific coasts (and more). Catastrophic flooding in Australia, in particular , occurred in December...
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