Science news articles about 'marine currents'

  • RV Polarstern on its way to East Siberian Sea

    ... in the Arctic Ocean. Changes to marine currents also affect the biotic environment. This is why biologists investigate ... program for Greenland Sea had been parked in the drawer. Current satellite pictures show that the Northwest Passage ...
  • New research could help predict red tide

    ... sometimes encounter the watery equivalent of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone: a sharp variation in marine currents that traps billions of these single-celled ... them tumbling until a shift in wind or tide alters the currents and sets them free ...
  • MIT research could help predict red tide

    ... Serling's Twilight Zone: a sharp variation in marine currents that traps billions of these single-celled ... because phytoplankton are slow compared to ocean currents. However, we have shown that their motility can play a crucial ...
  • New energy technologies promise brighter future

    ... Current and in Florida's ocean waves can be captured and used, said Howard P. Hanson of the Southeast National Marine ... both materials advances and new designs for marine current turbines and their efficient deployment," said Hanson ...
  • Boom in jellyfish: Overfishing called into question

    ... Sea, the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, etc. Is it a cyclic phenomenon, caused by changes in marine currents or even global warming? Until now, the causes remained unknown. A new study ...

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