Climate Change is Making One of the World’s Strongest Currents Flow Faster
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 24 November 2021
Scientists found the Antarctic Circumpolar Current is accelerating due to ocean heat changes, not just wind. This speedup affects global heat and carbon exchange, with major implications for climate change.
Keywords: Antarctic Circumpolar Current, Southern Ocean, ocean warming, heat gradient, carbon exchange, Scripps
Scripps Oceanographers Featured in New Documentary on Project Recover
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 7 December 2021
The documentary To What Remains follows Project Recover’s mission to locate and repatriate Americans missing in action using advanced oceanographic technology, honoring families and servicemen since WWII.
Keywords: Project Recover, To What Remains, MIA, WWII, repatriation, Scripps, documentary
Ocean Physics Explain Cyclones on Jupiter
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 10 January 2022
Using NASA’s Juno images, Scripps oceanographer Lia Siegelman linked Jupiter’s polar cyclones to moist convection, revealing parallels between Jovian atmospheric turbulence and oceanic vortices on Earth.
Keywords: Jupiter, Juno, cyclones, moist convection, turbulence, Scripps, polar vortices
