A study published in Ocean Science has analyzed surface currents as observed from satellites ... according to the research team. "An obvious example would be search and rescue of missing people ...

Gyres are spiral oceanic surface currents and are found in both the ... polewards flows concentrated in the western edges of each ocean. For example: Gulf Stream in the north-west Atlantic ...

The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing surface currents that move in a clockwise direction: the North Pacific Current, the California Current, the North ...