Ocean-wide sensor array provides new look at global ocean current

The North Atlantic Ocean is a major driver of the global currents that regulate Earth’s climate, mix the oceans and sequester carbon from the atmosphere — but researchers haven’t been able to get a good look at its inner workings until now. The first results from an array of sensors strung across this region reveal that things are much more complicated than scientists previously believed.

Nature 554, 413-414 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02113-y

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