The North Pacific is the meeker of the polar twins ... buffeted as they are by the strong Southern Ocean currents. Moreover, the extremely cold and nutrient-rich conditions of the Antarctic ...

An ocean-going research project we told you about last year is suddenly yielding a surprising result. Scientists believe it could signal significant changes ahead for the Pacific Ocean and our own Bay ...

These have strong, warm, polewards flows concentrated in the western edges of each ocean. For example: Gulf Stream in the north-west Atlantic Kuroshio Current in the north-west Pacific Agulhas ...