The trade winds are permanent east-to-west prevailing winds that flow in Earth's equatorial region, blowing mainly from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast in the Southern ...

Under normal conditions, trade winds blow from east to west along the equatorial Pacific, pushing warm surface water towards ...

A new study has revealed significant changes in the strength and position of the Southern Hemisphere westerly winds over the past 11,000 years. Using sediment samples from a remote lake perched on a ...

A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper-ocean circulation of the equatorial Pacific over the past 30 years. This acceleration is primarily driven by intensified atmospheric ...

A positive Indian Ocean Dipole is joining El Niño. Here’s how the two patterns could shape the U.S. winter and Florida’s weather.

As the planet's oceans are gradually warmed by the effects of climate change, a huge area in the North Atlantic stands out as an unusual zone of relative cooling. A region that stretches roughly from ...

As Tropical Storm Bertha continues to spin along the Gulf Coast on July 22, powerful upper-level winds are ripping the system apart and keeping it much weaker than it might otherwise be. The ...