Ocean current: flow of water in a given direction in the ocean.
Scientists later used the spill to research ocean current patterns.
The satellite built in collaboration with France will carry two climate tools developed for analysing ocean current and sea surface heights by the French space agency CNES, reports say.
The strait is the exit route from the Arctic Ocean, a current carrying the floes south into the Atlantic.
With a focus on key topical issues such as marine pollution, exploitation and hazards, chapters range from the history of ocean management to current advances in marine science, observation and management applications, and the international agencies active in co-ordinating this work.
On the Chilean--Pacific--side of the Andes, that's courtesy of the ocean and the cold Humboldt Current.
Iceland has three different ocean currents surrounding it: the warm southwest current, the mixed north current and the cold east current.
On Europa this induces an electrical current within the sub-surface ocean.
To do that, the ocean-trotter hitched a ride on a current within the Gulf of Carpentaria (that separates Cape York from Arnhem Land, to the west).
The Expo will present current knowledge and technology advancements concerning the ocean and coast to a broad audience and identify ways to resolve challenges facing the ocean.
And Russ Macomber, the Ocean Atlas crew member who posted on Facebook about the current ordeal, says Venezuelan authorities even ate their ice cream.
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Studying coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean, the researchers of the report published in "Current Biology" found that overfishing is at its worst in areas that are socio-economically underdeveloped.
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Commercial fisheries are hampered by current regulations and could be further harmed if the ocean is divided up among too many groups, said Jim Ruhle, president of Commercial Fishermen of America, an industry group.
In addition to a sea floor mapping project, the researchers will make chemical analyses of water samples that will help them determine the temperature, salinity and composition of a strong circumpolar current that flows around the boundary of the Arctic Ocean.
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At first the current stall out of global warming was due to the ocean cycles turning back to cold.
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While guides from Seafood Watch and the Blue Ocean Institute both say monkfish populations are sufficient to continue harvesting at current rates, each group takes issue with the method used to catch the warty, brown bottom-feeder.
Its high-voltage direct current system is delivering electricity to the British Petroleum platform in the middle of the ocean.
Gogo, a pioneer in wireless in-flight digital entertainment solutions, plans to utilize high-throughput Ku-band capacity on current and future SES multi-beam satellites serving the continental United States, the Atlantic Ocean Region and Europe.
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Noting that current governance remains fragmented along both sectoral and geographical lines that ignore the interconnectivity and scale of ocean issues, they recognized that there is an urgent need for an international framework of cooperation for both ocean research and governance, which will define the conditions for scientist to prepare accurate scenarios for the future.
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