A recent study has made microscopic fossils messengers from a warmer world, showing that the tropical Pacific Ocean could be ...

The failure of a vital ocean upwelling has sparked concerns of catastrophic effects for life, according to scientists. Every year, between December and April, northerly winds create a rising current ...

Every year, Panama’s Pacific coast benefits from powerful seasonal winds that drive nutrient-rich waters to the surface, sustaining fisheries and protecting coral reefs. But in 2025, for the first ...

The Gulf of Panama has experienced an annual wind-driven oceanographic phenomenon called upwelling for at least as long as records of it have existed. In 2025, however, seasonal upwelling failed, and ...

Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 66, No. 4 (April 2021), pp. 1578-1593 (16 pages) The California Current System displays a strong seasonal cycle in water properties, circulation, and biological ...

The cold water upwell, which is vital to marine life, did not materialize for the first time on record. Researchers are trying to figure out why. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Each year between January and ...

Schloeder, Carmen. 2001. "The Effect of Dissolved Inorganic Nutrients in a Coral-Zooxanthella Symbiosis in an Upwelling Environment of the Eastern Pacific Ocean (Gulf of Panama)." Universitat ...

Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a ...

Mesoscale eddies, oceanic swirling currents with typical horizontal scales of 10-100 kilometres in diameter, are ubiquitous features of the global ocean and play a vital role in marine ecosystems.

The animation shows surface chlorophyll concentrations – comparable to fluorescence – generated by a research model that simulates both ocean physics (such as currents, temperature and salinity) and ...