Oceanography

Oceanography

The scientific studies of the ocean.

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Precautionary principle

Earth science; Oceanography

An internationally recognised approach to the management of risk where scientific knowledge is incomplete. Uncertainty should not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to ...

Equatorial undercurrent

Earth science; Oceanography

An ocean current flowing eastward (counter to and between the westward-flowing north equatorial current and south equatorial current ) through all the oceans. In the Atlantic Ocean, it flows east ...

East Greenland current

Earth science; Oceanography

An ocean current flowing south along the east coast of Greenland, carrying water of low salinity and low temperature. The east Greenland current is joined by most of the water of the Irminger ...

An irregular variation of ocean current that from January to March flows off the west coast of South America carrying warm, low salinity, nutrient poor water to the south. It does not usually extend ...

Guiana current

Earth science; Oceanography

An ocean current flowing northwestward along the northern coast of South America (the Guianas). The Guiana current is an extension of the south equatorial current (flowing west across the ocean ...

Kuroshio current

Earth science; Oceanography

An ocean current flowing northeastward from Formosa to Riukiu and then close to the coast of Japan as far as latitude 35 degrees; part of the Kuroshio system . It is a density-distribution type ...

Guinea current

Earth science; Oceanography

An ocean current flowing along the south coast of northwest Africa into the Gulf of Guinea. The Guinea current originates as an equatorial countercurrent flowing east across the Atlantic.