After changing regional weather patterns and taking a bite out of sea life, an unusually persistent patch of warm water in the northeastern Pacific has chilled out.
Published Feb 16, 2016
The warm surface water this summer was caused by an unusual and persistent weather pattern.
Published Sep 13, 2019
With its own forms of underwater weather, the ocean has fronts and circulation patterns that move heat and nutrients around its basins. Changes near the surface often start with changes in the depths.
Published Mar 21, 2017
Temperature anomalies in the eastern Pacific Ocean are both influencing and being influenced by unusual weather patterns. The effects are rippling through the marine environment.
Published Apr 18, 2015
This sea surface temperature anomaly causes strange summer weather around the world, such as drought in the Mid-Atlantic states, cool temperatures in California, and rain in Indonesia.
Published Jun 10, 1999
Hurricanes feed off of warm ocean surfaces, consuming the heat and dragging up cool water from below.
Published Oct 19, 2016
A new study shows heatwaves in Southern California have increased in frequency, duration, and intensity over recent decades.
Published Sep 10, 2020Image of the Day Atmosphere Heat Land Drought Human Presence Remote Sensing Temperature Extremes
Examining temperatures from the depths of the ocean, JPL scientists have found that lower layers of the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans grew much warmer during a decade when surface temperatures cooled.
Published Jul 10, 2015
