Scientists never stop to develop and improve different ENSO models with varying complexities, according to Dr. Rong-Hua Zhang, Distinguished Scientist at the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS), and one of the authors of a...
04 30, 2019Researchers have discovered that lower cloud coverage in the Antarctic can promote sea ice growth. Unlike the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice in the warming climate, Antarctic sea ice witnessed a modest extension over the past four decades, accor...
04 30, 2019Chitons are common marine mollusks mainly inhabiting intertidal and shallow subtidal worldwide. They, belonging to class Polyplacophora, can be recognized by their eight overlapping shell plates (also known as valves), which are firmly surrounded ...
04 18, 2019The intensity of Kuroshio Current east of Taiwan shows a clear seasonality, and the Kuroshio Current is strongly affected by mesoscale eddies from the subtropical countercurrent (STCC) region, but the contribution of eddies to the seasonality of t...
04 03, 2019