JGR: Oceans
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Advancing understanding of ocean processes.
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Advancing understanding of ocean processes.
Providing quality and integrity for authors, reviewers and readers.
Non-profit.
Submarine canyons are incisions of the continental slope that favor exchange of coastal and abyssal waters. Brun et al., present new work from the Cassidaigne canyon showing its key role for vertical exchange in the Mediterranean 🌊
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November 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Submarine canyons are incisions of the continental slope that favor exchange of coastal and abyssal waters. Brun et al., present new work from the Cassidaigne canyon showing its key role for vertical exchange in the Mediterranean 🌊
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The southeastern Arabian Sea experienced a record-breaking marine heatwave from November 2015 to May 2016, with severe coral bleaching and widespread ecosystem damage. Liang & Zhan study the atmospheric and oceanic mechanisms driving heatwaves in this region 🌊
November 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
The southeastern Arabian Sea experienced a record-breaking marine heatwave from November 2015 to May 2016, with severe coral bleaching and widespread ecosystem damage. Liang & Zhan study the atmospheric and oceanic mechanisms driving heatwaves in this region 🌊
Submesoscale processes are important contributors to the global heat budget. Hilditch et al., present high-resolution observations of a subduction event at a dense filament in the Gulf of Mexico estimating the associated heat flux 🌊
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November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Submesoscale processes are important contributors to the global heat budget. Hilditch et al., present high-resolution observations of a subduction event at a dense filament in the Gulf of Mexico estimating the associated heat flux 🌊
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Ask not what your journal can do for you—ask what you can do for your journal 🌊
JGR:Oceans is now looking for new Editors and Associate Editors, if you're interested get in touch. We don't bite! 😀
JGR:Oceans is now looking for new Editors and Associate Editors, if you're interested get in touch. We don't bite! 😀
November 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Ask not what your journal can do for you—ask what you can do for your journal 🌊
JGR:Oceans is now looking for new Editors and Associate Editors, if you're interested get in touch. We don't bite! 😀
JGR:Oceans is now looking for new Editors and Associate Editors, if you're interested get in touch. We don't bite! 😀
Ocean waves around the world often come from different places and weather systems at the same time, creating complex sea conditions. Portilla-Yandún & Bidlot suggest a new way to analyze ocean waves by grouping them into “wave families” 🌊
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November 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Ocean waves around the world often come from different places and weather systems at the same time, creating complex sea conditions. Portilla-Yandún & Bidlot suggest a new way to analyze ocean waves by grouping them into “wave families” 🌊
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Stratification strongly influences the Arctic Ocean's response to climate change. Challet et al., use 35 years of observations to constrain short-term and long-term drives of shifting stratification in the Arctic 🌊
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November 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Stratification strongly influences the Arctic Ocean's response to climate change. Challet et al., use 35 years of observations to constrain short-term and long-term drives of shifting stratification in the Arctic 🌊
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Warm water intrusions onto Antarctica's continental shelves drive ice melt and destabilize glaciers. However, uncertainties remain about mechanisms driving these intrusions. Ribeiro et al., use a high-resolution model to show wind is a key driver 🌊
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November 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Warm water intrusions onto Antarctica's continental shelves drive ice melt and destabilize glaciers. However, uncertainties remain about mechanisms driving these intrusions. Ribeiro et al., use a high-resolution model to show wind is a key driver 🌊
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The RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS array has been designed to observe and understand changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Petit et al., assess if a smaller, cheaper array could be designed without losing accuracy in the AMOC estimate 🌊
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November 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS array has been designed to observe and understand changes in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Petit et al., assess if a smaller, cheaper array could be designed without losing accuracy in the AMOC estimate 🌊
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The subpolar North Atlantic is one region where the deep ocean is in direct contact with the atmosphere, making it a key site for ocean ventilation. Koelling et al., use a new data product to study North Atlantic ventilation in unprecedented detail 🌊
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November 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The subpolar North Atlantic is one region where the deep ocean is in direct contact with the atmosphere, making it a key site for ocean ventilation. Koelling et al., use a new data product to study North Atlantic ventilation in unprecedented detail 🌊
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Coastal dynamics are complex, influenced by freshwater, alongshore flows, offshore intrusions, and different mixing processes. Veatch et al., use a Lagrangian diagnostic tool to characterize patterns of transport in the coastal Mid-Atlantic Bight 🌊
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October 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Coastal dynamics are complex, influenced by freshwater, alongshore flows, offshore intrusions, and different mixing processes. Veatch et al., use a Lagrangian diagnostic tool to characterize patterns of transport in the coastal Mid-Atlantic Bight 🌊
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The Bering Sea is a productive subarctic ecosystem with some of the most valuable fisheries in the US, but is undergoing drastic changes as the climate warms. Cynar et al., use sensors to produce a high-resolution time series of primary production 🌊
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October 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
The Bering Sea is a productive subarctic ecosystem with some of the most valuable fisheries in the US, but is undergoing drastic changes as the climate warms. Cynar et al., use sensors to produce a high-resolution time series of primary production 🌊
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Cold seeps are a major source of methane to the ocean. Wang et al., explore how iron minerals respond to cold seep evolution and suggest iron minerals may serve as proxies for reconstructing seep evolution history 🌊
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October 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Cold seeps are a major source of methane to the ocean. Wang et al., explore how iron minerals respond to cold seep evolution and suggest iron minerals may serve as proxies for reconstructing seep evolution history 🌊
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Subglacial freshwater from beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean under ice shelves. Vaňková et al., probe how this affects ice melt, finding that discharge impacts melt rates primarily via continental shelf temperature modification 🐧 🌊
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October 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Subglacial freshwater from beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet flows into the ocean under ice shelves. Vaňková et al., probe how this affects ice melt, finding that discharge impacts melt rates primarily via continental shelf temperature modification 🐧 🌊
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Episodic events, such as swirling water from eddies, fronts, and strong winds, can transport large amounts of organic carbon into deeper waters on short timescales. Kheireddine et al., deploy gliders to study these events in the Red Sea 🌊
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October 20, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Episodic events, such as swirling water from eddies, fronts, and strong winds, can transport large amounts of organic carbon into deeper waters on short timescales. Kheireddine et al., deploy gliders to study these events in the Red Sea 🌊
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Hydrothermal vent fields on the ocean floor release hot, mineral-rich water that forms rising plumes, known as black smokers. Lemaréchal et al., use computer simulations to investigate plume behavior near the seafloor 🌊
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October 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hydrothermal vent fields on the ocean floor release hot, mineral-rich water that forms rising plumes, known as black smokers. Lemaréchal et al., use computer simulations to investigate plume behavior near the seafloor 🌊
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October 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Ocean scientists, you never write, you never call! 🌊
Don't be shy! Let us know what you're up to and send us some cool photos of your latest ocean science to share online every Friday! 🐧 🐳 🧪 🐻❄️ 🐟 🧬
Use #FieldworkFriday
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Don't be shy! Let us know what you're up to and send us some cool photos of your latest ocean science to share online every Friday! 🐧 🐳 🧪 🐻❄️ 🐟 🧬
Use #FieldworkFriday
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Surface temperature (SST) extremes may have profound impacts on ocean health. Serva et al., note that the definition of 'extreme events' is difficult to set objectively and present a new method to isolate the effects of a warming background 🌊
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October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Surface temperature (SST) extremes may have profound impacts on ocean health. Serva et al., note that the definition of 'extreme events' is difficult to set objectively and present a new method to isolate the effects of a warming background 🌊
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Most surveys of Southern Ocean biogeochemistry occur in summer. Viljoen et al., explore the winter dynamics of phytoplankton and micronutrients, finding that phytoplankton continue to influence trace metal distribution 🌊
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October 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Most surveys of Southern Ocean biogeochemistry occur in summer. Viljoen et al., explore the winter dynamics of phytoplankton and micronutrients, finding that phytoplankton continue to influence trace metal distribution 🌊
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Water mass exchange in the central Ross Sea slope region involves the onshore transport of warm circumpolar deep water and the offshore transport of dense shelf water. Chen et al., investigate the processes controlling the cross-slope exchange 🌊
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October 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Water mass exchange in the central Ross Sea slope region involves the onshore transport of warm circumpolar deep water and the offshore transport of dense shelf water. Chen et al., investigate the processes controlling the cross-slope exchange 🌊
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East Greenland is characterized as a transition zone between cold, fresh Arctic waters and warm, salty Atlantic waters. Gjelstrup et al., highlight the central role of the East Greenland Polar Front in mediating climate-ocean-ecosystem variability 🌊
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October 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
East Greenland is characterized as a transition zone between cold, fresh Arctic waters and warm, salty Atlantic waters. Gjelstrup et al., highlight the central role of the East Greenland Polar Front in mediating climate-ocean-ecosystem variability 🌊
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Using hydrographic data from ships and Argo floats collected between 1995 and 2023, Mork et al., study how the Nordic Seas are changing due to climate variability 🌊
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September 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Using hydrographic data from ships and Argo floats collected between 1995 and 2023, Mork et al., study how the Nordic Seas are changing due to climate variability 🌊
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Changes in phytoplankton growth patterns are being observed in the Arctic, such as an increasing occurrence of blooms in fall. Gaffey et al., identify key regional factors driving fall blooms in the Pacific Arctic region 🌊 🐻❄️
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September 20, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Changes in phytoplankton growth patterns are being observed in the Arctic, such as an increasing occurrence of blooms in fall. Gaffey et al., identify key regional factors driving fall blooms in the Pacific Arctic region 🌊 🐻❄️
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Whilst trace metals influence ocean productivity, there are a paucity of regions where their spatial and temporal variability are well explored. Ortega et al., investigate the drivers of trace metal dynamics in the productive Northern Gulf of Alaska 🌊
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September 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Whilst trace metals influence ocean productivity, there are a paucity of regions where their spatial and temporal variability are well explored. Ortega et al., investigate the drivers of trace metal dynamics in the productive Northern Gulf of Alaska 🌊
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A new study finds that prescribing Antarctic landfast ice improves realism of coastal polynyas, thickness and summer ice coverage in ice-ocean simulations.🧊
🔗Read the #OpenAccess article by Pirlet et al. for free: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:20 PM
A new study finds that prescribing Antarctic landfast ice improves realism of coastal polynyas, thickness and summer ice coverage in ice-ocean simulations.🧊
🔗Read the #OpenAccess article by Pirlet et al. for free: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
#AGUPubs #Antarctica
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Tidal sand dunes influence water flow and sediment transport in estuaries and coastal areas. Porcile et al., use a laboratory flume to investigate how low-angle dunes affect water flow under varying conditions 🌊
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September 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Tidal sand dunes influence water flow and sediment transport in estuaries and coastal areas. Porcile et al., use a laboratory flume to investigate how low-angle dunes affect water flow under varying conditions 🌊
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