Why do tides vary regionally?
Tag: Physical oceanography
Antarctic coastal polynyas in the global climate system
Coastal polynyas describe regions of persistent open water within the sea-ice pack. In this Review, we outline the critical importance of Antarctic…
Seasonal productivity of the equatorial Atlantic shaped by distinct wind-driven processes
The eastern equatorial Atlantic hosts a productive marine ecosystem that depends on upward supply of nitrate, the primary limiting nutrient in this…
Coral bleaching and mortality overestimated in projections based on Degree Heating Months
Influential projections of coral reef futures have used Degree Heating Months—a monthly reformulation of the well-validated Degree Heating Weeks …
Winter subglacial meltwater detected in a Greenland fjord
The interaction between glacier fronts and ocean waters is one of the key uncertainties for projecting future ice mass loss. Direct observations at…
Observed multi-decadal increase in the surface ocean’s thermal inertia
The ocean’s surface layer has a crucial role in Earth’s climate, absorbing excess atmospheric heat, thereby regulating global temperatures. Her…
Intensified Atlantic multidecadal variability in a warming climate
The Atlantic multidecadal variability (AMV) is a basin-scale mode of sea surface temperature (SST) variability in the North Atlantic, exerting a gl…
Onshore intensification of subtropical western boundary currents in a warming climate
Subtropical western boundary currents (WBCs) refer to swift narrow oceanic currents that flow along the western edges of global subtropical ocean b…