This thin ribbon of water flows east along the Equator just beneath the surface of the Pacific. Discovered only recently, it ranks as one of the greatest ocean currents By John A. Knauss ...

The Gilbert Islands, which straddle the equator in the western Pacific, block 55% of ... that of the known cold biases in ocean models and the current National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...

Experts have long known that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — the system of ocean currents that transports ... As the water drifts across the equator and starts moving ...

The Southern Ocean ... Eastern Australian current is affecting the sea near Tasmania. This current is an oceanic circulation system that transports warm water from the Equator down the eastern ...

Kiribati, an island nation consisting of 32 atolls in the Pacific Ocean, is 20 to 22 hours ahead ... with land in all four hemispheres, as the Equator also bisects it.

Energy is moved by ocean currents from areas of strong heating to cooler areas: warm currents transport warmer water from lower latitudes (nearer the equator) to higher latitudes (nearer the poles ...