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A two- to three-week-long series of stiff westerly winds out in the middle of the Pacific sent a strong Kelvin wave heaving east until it reached Peru and Ecuador around Sept. 1, 2026. 0.950

👤 The New York Times 📋 News Article 🏷️ Oceanography , Peru , Ecuador , El Niño

Simplified: A two- to three-week-long series of stiff westerly winds in the middle of the Pacific sent a strong Kelvin wave eastward, reaching Peru and Ecuador ar...

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1 week ago
The energy in this wave has traveled along the coasts instead, with one pulse heading north and another south. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Oceanography , Climate

Simplified: The energy from the wave has traveled along the coasts, with one pulse moving north and another south.

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1 week ago
Earth’s rotation has kept the pulses pinned up against the shore. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Physics , Oceanography

Simplified: Earth's rotation has kept the wave pulses pinned against the shore.

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1 week ago
So deep is this bulge of balmy water that the ocean is typically about a meter higher off Indonesia than it is off Ecuador. 0.950

👤 The New York Times 📋 News Article 🏷️ Indonesia , Oceanography , Ecuador , Sea Levels

Simplified: The ocean is typically about a meter higher off Indonesia than off Ecuador due to the bulge of warm water pushed by trade winds.

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Mark Merrifield, director of the Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif., said "For us in California, really what causes overtop... 0.950

👤 Mark Merrifield 📋 News Article 🏷️ Attribution , Flooding , California , Oceanography , Tides

Simplified: Mark Merrifield, director of the Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, stated that waves arrivi...

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1 week ago
Normally, the trade winds blow from east to west over the tropical Pacific, pushing sun-warmed water toward Asia and holding it there. 0.950

👤 The New York Times 📋 News Article 🏷️ Weather , Oceanography , Pacific Ocean

Simplified: Normally, trade winds blow from east to west over the tropical Pacific, pushing sun-warmed water toward Asia.

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1 week ago
The tidal cycle off California will also be peaking in the coming months of late 2026. 0.900

👤 The New York Times 📋 News Article 🏷️ California , Oceanography , Tides

Simplified: The tidal cycle off California will be peaking in the coming months of late 2026.

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1 week ago
Warm water occupies more volume than cool water does, and that’s one way human-caused climate change is raising the ocean’s height globally. 0.950

👤 The New York Times 📋 News Article 🏷️ Climate Change , Oceanography , Sea Levels

Simplified: Warm water occupies more volume than cool water, which is one way human-caused climate change is raising the ocean's height globally.

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1 week ago
An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California and continue north, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides. 0.950

👤 The New York Times 📋 News Article 🏷️ California , Oceanography , El Niño , Sea Levels

Simplified: An enormous pulse of wave energy will soon reach Southern California, raising sea levels by half a foot and increasing threats from swells and tides.

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1 week ago
Dillon Amaya, an assistant professor in the department of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University, said "It’s one of the first, if not the first indication that El Ni... 0.950

👤 Dillon Amaya 📋 News Article 🏷️ Attribution , Oceanography , El Niño

Simplified: Dillon Amaya, an assistant professor at North Carolina State University, stated that the Kelvin wave is one of the first indications that El Niño is p...

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1 week ago
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is the system of currents that moves warm surface water north and cold deep water south, playing a key role in regulating the climate. 1.000

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Oceanography , Climate Regulation

Simplified: The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is a system of ocean currents that moves warm surface water north and cold deep water south, playing a...

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2 weeks ago
It is the best source of information about ocean physics around Antarctica in winter, when thick blankets of sea ice render the continent inaccessible by ship. 0.950

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Science , Oceanography

Simplified: Data is best source of information about ocean physics around Antarctica in winter

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7 months ago