Garbage patches like this one in Hanauma Bay, Hawaii, can be found around the planet, often made up of microscopic plastic invisible to the human eye. A new University of Miami study has found a ...

(TNS) -- Imagine what’s known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and what comes to mind are floating bottles, flip flops and coolers blown about by wind and currents. In reality, the patch, and ...

A Swedish physicist called V. Walfrid Ekman has come back to haunt the Illawarra's early morning swimmers, with the ocean effect that takes his name making summer seem a long time gone.

image: What makes ships mysteriously slow down or even stop as they travel, even though their engines are working properly? This was first observed in 1893 and was described experimentally in 1904 ...

Explaining Vagn Walfrid Ekman’s theory of currents. Research shows storms that might have caused minimal damage a few decades ago are becoming stronger and more destructive as the planet warms. Get up ...

Diurnal amplitude estimates of CCMP 6-hourly wind speed (m s −1) based on data from 2010–2019 during (A) December to January (DJ) and (B) July to August (JA). Vertical profiles of hydrographic ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sunshine Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. The squeeze between a low pressure system in the Tasman and a high over South Australia generated ...