Reading time: 2minutes A team of researchers published a study that investigated the role eddies play in determining the path and transit times through the Indonesian Throughflow.
Reading time: 2minutes The North Pacific “Garbage Patch” aggregates an abundance of floating sea creatures, as well as the plastic waste according to a UH study.
Reading time: 3minutes Klaus Hasselmann and Sykuro “Suki” Manabe share this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, both with ties to the International Pacific Research Center and SOEST.
Reading time: 3minutes Scientists found that when the models simulate the subsurface ocean current variations more accurately, asymmetry between El Niño and La Niña increases.
Reading time: 3minutes The atmosphere’s “music” comes not as a sound we could hear, but in the form of large-scale waves of atmospheric pressure spanning the globe.
Reading time: 3minutes An international team of climate researchers, lead by Bin Wang of the UH Manoa examined 33 El Niño events to predict future El Niño behavior and shifts in weather patterns.
Reading time: 2minutes H. Annamalai at the International Pacific Research Center and his team are working to help scientists strengthen their weather and climate prediction models.