Tag: Currents

Western boundary currents stand out in white in this visualization built with ECCO data. Credits: Greg Shirah/NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio

Going With The Flow: Visualizing Ocean Currents with ECCO

Ocean Science

7/28/2026 - By James Riordon, science.nasa.gov. Historically, the ocean has been difficult to model. Scientists struggled in years past to simulate ocean currents or accurately predict fluctuations in temperature, salinity, and other properties. As a result, models of ocean dynamics rapidly diverged from reality, which meant they could only provide useful information… SEE MORE

WHOI Scientists Use Drifters to Track Hidden Currents in Cape Cod Bay

4/15/2026 - By MARGARET GREGORY, whoi.edu. For anyone who fishes, boats, or harvests shellfish in Cape Cod Bay, the water beneath the surface is doing more than it appears. A team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is deploying GPS-tracked drifters and running ocean models to map how currents move water, nutrients, and… SEE MORE

A NOAA team deploys a current meter with surface floats to take measurements throughout the water column during surveys of Puget Sound.

Current Surveys 101

3/24/2026 - By oceanservice.noaa.gov, oceanservice.noaa.gov. How studying ocean movement provides an important service for the economy. HOST: You're listening to the NOAA Ocean Podcast from NOAA's National Ocean Service. I'm Megan Forbes. In this episode we're focusing on tides and currents…or more specifically current surveys. NOAA conducts current surveys in areas across… SEE MORE

Atlantic Ocean Circulation Nearing ‘Devastating’ Tipping Point, Study Finds

2/25/2024 - By Jonathan Watts. The circulation of the Atlantic Ocean is heading towards a tipping point that is “bad news for the climate system and humanity”, a study has found. The scientists behind the research said they were shocked at the forecast speed of collapse once the point is reached, although… SEE MORE

Life-Threatening Currents All Along the East Coast

9/1/2023 - By National Fisherman. Tropical storm conditions in Bermuda on Wednesday, August 30, while Hurricane Franklin made its closest approach to the island. Life-threatening rip currents are still occurring along the East Coast of the US. As these conditions are expected to continue during the next couple of days, both Hurricane… SEE MORE

Øyvind Holmstad, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Boating 101: Navigating a Strong Current

9/5/2022 - By BoatUS. Whether you're docking your boat, in a crossing or passing situation, or you're at the boat ramp, if the waters you're in have a current, the job before you can seem challenging. Currents can knock you askew, hit the hull when you least expect it, and turn a… SEE MORE

Possible ‘Tsunami Debris’ Boat on Oregon Coast Presents Mysteries

4/23/2021 - By Oregon Coast Beach Connection: A month after being discovered on a central Oregon coast beach, a wayward boat is still presenting some mysteries. Was it tsunami debris that showed up ten years later? Does it contain something dangerous to our ecosystem? Space debris isn’t the only thing that washed… SEE MORE