‘There’s nothing like it in any other ocean,’ says marine biologist ... part of the vast whirlpool known as the North Atlantic gyre, often has been described as an oceanic desert—and ...

the North Atlantic Equatorial Current to the south; and the Antilles Current to the west. These circular currents, called ocean gyres effectively trap the body of water within them, resulting in ...

These long term effects include gyre circulations—the largest ... in background circulation and basin size. “Ocean memory in the subpolar North Atlantic is estimated to be approximately ...