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#Panama’s #ocean lifeline vanishes for the first time in 40yr
For decades, the #GulfOfPanama has relied on strong seasonal winds to trigger #upwelling, bringing cool, nutrient-packed water to the surface. But in 2025, this dependable event didn’t happen. Researchers point to unusually weak winds as the likely culprit, reducing ocean productivity and warming coastal waters. The surprise disruption highlights how vulnerable these critical systems may be to #climatechange.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260426012253.htm -
#Panama’s #ocean lifeline vanishes for the first time in 40yr
For decades, the #GulfOfPanama has relied on strong seasonal winds to trigger #upwelling, bringing cool, nutrient-packed water to the surface. But in 2025, this dependable event didn’t happen. Researchers point to unusually weak winds as the likely culprit, reducing ocean productivity and warming coastal waters. The surprise disruption highlights how vulnerable these critical systems may be to #climatechange.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260426012253.htm -
Upwelling Failure [2025, Gulf of Panama]
For the first time since records began, the cold, nutrient-rich waters of the Gulf of Panama failed to emerge
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https://stri.si.edu/story/upwelling-failure <-- shared @Smithsonianmag technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122 <-- shared paper
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#GulfofPanama #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #nutrients #upwelling #seasonalupwelling #ecosystem #fisheries #productivity #economics #foodsecurity #humanimpacts #communities #earthobservation #marine #ocean #climatechange #tropical #climate #LaNiña #sampling #cooling #temperature #watertemperature #coral #ecology #coast #coastal #marineenvironment #oceangraphy #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #SmithsonianTropicalResearchInstitute #STRI #coralreefs #wind #windpatterns #tradewinds #atmosphere #oceanicprocesses #Panama
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Upwelling Failure [2025, Gulf of Panama]
For the first time since records began, the cold, nutrient-rich waters of the Gulf of Panama failed to emerge
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https://stri.si.edu/story/upwelling-failure <-- shared @Smithsonianmag technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122 <-- shared paper
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#GulfofPanama #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #nutrients #upwelling #seasonalupwelling #ecosystem #fisheries #productivity #economics #foodsecurity #humanimpacts #communities #earthobservation #marine #ocean #climatechange #tropical #climate #LaNiña #sampling #cooling #temperature #watertemperature #coral #ecology #coast #coastal #marineenvironment #oceangraphy #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #SmithsonianTropicalResearchInstitute #STRI #coralreefs #wind #windpatterns #tradewinds #atmosphere #oceanicprocesses #Panama
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Panama’s Missing Pacific Upwelling
Strong seasonal winds blowing from the Atlantic typically push water away from Panama’s Pacific coast, allowing deeper, colder waters to rise up. This upwelling cools reefs and feeds phytoplankton blooms, both of which support the rich marine life found there. But in early 2025, the upwelling didn’t occur.
Normally, coastal ocean temperatures drop to about 19 degrees Celsius during upwelling. Instead, temperatures only reached 23.3 degrees at their coolest. Wind seems to be the missing ingredient: winds from the Atlantic side were short-lived and 74% less frequent than in typical years.
That lack of upwelling is expected to carry consequences to Panama’s economy. About 95% of the country’s fishing catch comes from the Pacific side, so any drop in fish populations will be felt. The open question remains: was the missing upwelling a singular extreme event or a harbinger of a new normal? (Image credit: R. Heuvel; research credit: A. O’Dea et al.; via Eos)
#atmosphericScience #fluidDynamics #oceanography #physics #planetaryScience #science #upwelling -
Panama’s Missing Pacific Upwelling
Strong seasonal winds blowing from the Atlantic typically push water away from Panama’s Pacific coast, allowing deeper, colder waters to rise up. This upwelling cools reefs and feeds phytoplankton blooms, both of which support the rich marine life found there. But in early 2025, the upwelling didn’t occur.
Normally, coastal ocean temperatures drop to about 19 degrees Celsius during upwelling. Instead, temperatures only reached 23.3 degrees at their coolest. Wind seems to be the missing ingredient: winds from the Atlantic side were short-lived and 74% less frequent than in typical years.
That lack of upwelling is expected to carry consequences to Panama’s economy. About 95% of the country’s fishing catch comes from the Pacific side, so any drop in fish populations will be felt. The open question remains: was the missing upwelling a singular extreme event or a harbinger of a new normal? (Image credit: R. Heuvel; research credit: A. O’Dea et al.; via Eos)
#atmosphericScience #fluidDynamics #oceanography #physics #planetaryScience #science #upwelling -
Absence Of Seasonal Upwelling In The Gulf Of Panama
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https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/absence-seasonal-upwelling-gulf-panama <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #naturalevents #water #climatechange #coast #coastal #environment #water #waterresources #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #copernicus #sentinel #marine #ocean #GulfofPanama #centralamerica #marinehealth #ecosystem #health #tradewind #seasonal #ecology #nutrients #temperature #coldwater #upwelling #IntertropicalConvergenceZone #LaNiña #consequences #fisheries #economies #foodsecurity #impacts #humanimpacts -
Absence Of Seasonal Upwelling In The Gulf Of Panama
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https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/absence-seasonal-upwelling-gulf-panama <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #naturalevents #water #climatechange #coast #coastal #environment #water #waterresources #remotesensing #earthobservation #satellite #copernicus #sentinel #marine #ocean #GulfofPanama #centralamerica #marinehealth #ecosystem #health #tradewind #seasonal #ecology #nutrients #temperature #coldwater #upwelling #IntertropicalConvergenceZone #LaNiña #consequences #fisheries #economies #foodsecurity #impacts #humanimpacts -
Tausende tote Fische an den Stränden rund um Rostock - untersucht werden Fisch- und Wasserproben aus der betroffenen Region auch am Thünen-Institut für Ostseefischerei.
Institutsleiter Christopher Zimmermann erklärt im Interview mit dem NDR, welche Ursache für die toten Tiere vermutet wird, was das Sterben für die Fischbestände bedeutet und ob eine Gefahr für Badende besteht.
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/experte-vermutet-natuerlicher-wind-effekt-grund-fuer-fischsterben,fischsterben-118.html -
Tausende tote Fische an den Stränden rund um Rostock - untersucht werden Fisch- und Wasserproben aus der betroffenen Region auch am Thünen-Institut für Ostseefischerei.
Institutsleiter Christopher Zimmermann erklärt im Interview mit dem NDR, welche Ursache für die toten Tiere vermutet wird, was das Sterben für die Fischbestände bedeutet und ob eine Gefahr für Badende besteht.
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/mecklenburg-vorpommern/experte-vermutet-natuerlicher-wind-effekt-grund-fuer-fischsterben,fischsterben-118.html -
‼️ Im Golf von Panama blieb 2025 erstmals seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen das saisonale #Upwelling aus.
Normalerweise fördern Küstenwinde von Januar bis April kaltes, nährstoffreiches Wasser an die Oberfläche.
Ursache für das Ausbleiben war schwächere #Passatwind-Aktivität. #Satellitendaten zeigen deutlich erhöhte #Oberflächentemperaturen.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/absence-seasonal-upwelling-gulf-panama
#Klimawandel #Meeresdaten #Küstenregionen #Copernicus #Wasserqualität #Erdbeobachtung
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‼️ Im Golf von Panama blieb 2025 erstmals seit Beginn der Aufzeichnungen das saisonale #Upwelling aus.
Normalerweise fördern Küstenwinde von Januar bis April kaltes, nährstoffreiches Wasser an die Oberfläche.
Ursache für das Ausbleiben war schwächere #Passatwind-Aktivität. #Satellitendaten zeigen deutlich erhöhte #Oberflächentemperaturen.
https://www.copernicus.eu/en/media/image-day-gallery/absence-seasonal-upwelling-gulf-panama
#Klimawandel #Meeresdaten #Küstenregionen #Copernicus #Wasserqualität #Erdbeobachtung
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CW: An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists
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Each year between January and April, a blob of cold water rises from the depths of the #GulfOfPanama to the surface, playing an essential role in supporting #marine life in the region. But this year, it never arrived.
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When the #tradeWinds reach the Gulf of Panama they push hot surface water away from the coast, which makes room for cold water to rise from the deep.
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#upwelling #coldBlob
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/climate/pacific-cold-water-upwelling.html -
CW: An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists
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Each year between January and April, a blob of cold water rises from the depths of the #GulfOfPanama to the surface, playing an essential role in supporting #marine life in the region. But this year, it never arrived.
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When the #tradeWinds reach the Gulf of Panama they push hot surface water away from the coast, which makes room for cold water to rise from the deep.
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#upwelling #coldBlob
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/climate/pacific-cold-water-upwelling.html -
#FYI #Panama #Pacific #ocean #oceancurrent #GulfOfPanama #upwelling @paulbeckwith
Original open access article
O'Dea et al. Sep. 2. 2025 PNAS 122 (36) e2512056122
Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather
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#FYI #Panama #Pacific #ocean #oceancurrent #GulfOfPanama #upwelling @paulbeckwith
Original open access article
O'Dea et al. Sep. 2. 2025 PNAS 122 (36) e2512056122
Unprecedented suppression of Panama’s Pacific upwelling in 2025
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122
#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #ClimateDisruption #globalWarming #globalHeating #ExtremeWeather
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Pazifik: Wichtige Meeresströmung ist ausgefallen. Daten enthüllen beispielloses Ausbleiben der Auftriebsströmung im Golf von Panama Anfang 2025. #Ozean #Klima #Meeresströmung #Panama #Auftriebsgebiet #Upwelling #Pazifik
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/pazifik-wichtige-meeresstroemung-ist-ausgefallen/ -
Pazifik: Wichtige Meeresströmung ist ausgefallen. Daten enthüllen beispielloses Ausbleiben der Auftriebsströmung im Golf von Panama Anfang 2025. #Ozean #Klima #Meeresströmung #Panama #Auftriebsgebiet #Upwelling #Pazifik
https://www.scinexx.de/news/geowissen/pazifik-wichtige-meeresstroemung-ist-ausgefallen/ -
📉🌊 Voici les anomalies de température de la mer ce lundi. Avec le #mistral récurrent refroidissant la Méditerranée, un phénomène d'#upwelling particulièrement intense se met en place avec parfois une eau à 15-16°C ! Elle est beaucoup plus chaude en direction de la côte d'Azur.
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1949838250559885550
🕐 28/07 16:23 -
🌡️Animation de la baisse de la température de la #Méditerranée🌊. Seuls les rivages exposés en plein 🚩#mistral sont réellement touchés par l'#upwelling avec une eau pouvant descendre à 15°C lundi ! La côte d'Azur n'est absolument pas concernée.
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1949544252939342287
🕐 27/07 20:55 -
🌡️🌊 Une #température de la Méditerranée fraîche, parfois inférieure à celle de la Manche cette semaine, la faute au #mistral 🚩 et à la #tramontane qui repoussent les eaux chaudes au large : ce qu'on appelle un phénomène d'#upwelling 👇 https://urlr.me/2fK9vb
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1949430028212617404
🕐 27/07 13:21 -
[2/3] Le processus lié à cette chute est ce qu'on appelle l' « #upwelling ». En période de fort #mistral, le vent, venant de terre, pousse les eaux de surface chauffées vers le large. Par rééquilibrage, ce sont les eaux profondes qui remontent sur la côte, bien plus froides.
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1942837308069192083
🕐 09/07 08:44 -
La semaine passée, la Méditerranée et les lacs suisses ont connu des températures de l’eau exceptionnellement élevées pour la saison. Mais le vent s’est levé, ce qui a provoqué des phénomènes d'#upwelling. Informations dans le #blogmeteosuisse : https://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch/portrait/meteosuisse-blog/fr/2025/07/upwelling-en-mediterranee-et-sur-le-leman.html
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/meteosuisse/status/1942560821256638478
🕐 08/07 14:26 -
🚩#Mistral et #tramontane soufflent fortement ce week-end. Et déjà, ce samedi, le mistral dépasse 100 km/h en basse vallée du Rhône. Ces vents turbulents accentuent les risques de départs de #feux🔥 de végétation avec un risque extrême en #Roussillon et font chuter la 🌡️#température de la mer🌊 à 15°C au large de #Marseille (phénomène d'#upwelling).
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1834942722416755189
🕐 14/09 15:10 -
📉🥶 [1/2] Chute vertigineuse de la #température de surface de la mer #Méditerranée au niveau de la Camargue après le violent coup de #mistral. Ce phénomène est lié au processus d'« #upwelling » 👇
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1834539764113879401
🕐 13/09 12:28 -
Scientists Uncover Hidden Forces Causing Continents To Rise
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https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/08/scientists-uncover-hidden-forces-causing-continents-to-rise.page <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07717-1 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06193-3 <-- shared related, previous paper
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#geology #model #modeling #structuralgeology #uplift #escarpments #Africa #Brazil #tectonics #tectonicplates #plateaus #GreatEscarpment #SouthAfrica #continents #rifts #plateboundaries #mantle #upwelling #geomorphology #cratons #uplift #geostatistics #statistics #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #numericmodeling #computermodeling -
Scientists Uncover Hidden Forces Causing Continents To Rise
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https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2024/08/scientists-uncover-hidden-forces-causing-continents-to-rise.page <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07717-1 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06193-3 <-- shared related, previous paper
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#geology #model #modeling #structuralgeology #uplift #escarpments #Africa #Brazil #tectonics #tectonicplates #plateaus #GreatEscarpment #SouthAfrica #continents #rifts #plateboundaries #mantle #upwelling #geomorphology #cratons #uplift #geostatistics #statistics #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #numericmodeling #computermodeling -
Large-scale ocean circulation is critical to our planet’s health and climate. In this process, seawater near the poles cools and sinks into the deep ocean, carrying dissolved carbon and nutrients with it. Later, that cold water gets pushed back up to the surface elsewhere, where it warms, and the cycle repeats. Although the theory behind this circulation has been around for decades, it’s been difficult to observe the rise, or upwelling, of water from the depths. But a recent study used a fluorescent, non-toxic dye to measure upwelling directly.
Researchers deployed 200 liters of dye just above the floor of a marine canyon near Ireland, then monitored the dye’s movement for several days at a depth of 2200. They found that turbulence along the slope of the canyon drove upwelling at speeds of about 100 meters per day, much faster than global rates. The authors suggest that this kind of topographically-enhanced upwelling could be a major factor in setting overall ocean circulation. (Image credit: visualization – NASA, ship – S. Nguyen; research credit: B. Wynne-Cattanach et al.; via Physics World)
https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2024/08/measuring-ocean-upwelling/
#circulation #climateChange #convection #flowVisualization #fluidDynamics #oceanCurrents #physics #science #topography #turbulence #upwelling
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#Tramontane et le #Mistral repousseront les eaux "chaudes" vers le large à partir de dimanche et surtout lundi : c'est ce qu'on appelle le phénomène d'#Upwelling. Faites attention au risque d'#hydrocution en raison du contraste entre la #température de l'air et de l'eau 🌡️.
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1824706798625910840
🕐 17/08 09:16 -
La forte #tramontane et le fort #mistral ce lundi repoussent les eaux "chaudes" vers le large. C'est ce qu'on appelle le phénomène d'#Upwelling. Faites attention au risque d'#hydrocution en raison du contraste entre la #température de l'air et de l'eau 🌡️🥶
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1815324609358500245
🕐 22/07 11:54 -
Avec la levée du #mistral et de la #tramontane, la température de l'eau va baisser entre le #Roussillon et la #Provence. Le vent venant de terre va repousser les eaux chaudes au large et faire remonter l'eau froide en surface : c'est ce qu'on appelle le phénomène d'#upwelling.
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/lachainemeteo/status/1807330722597794125
🕐 30/06 10:29 -
The Southern Ocean upwelling is a mecca for #whales and #tuna that’s worth celebrating and protecting https://theconversation.com/the-southern-ocean-upwelling-is-a-mecca-for-whales-and-tuna-thats-worth-celebrating-and-protecting-223338
"The Great Southern Australian Coastal #Upwelling System is an upward current of water over vast distances along #Australia’s southern coast. It brings nutrients from deeper waters to the surface. This nutrient-rich water supports a rich #ecosystem that attracts iconic species like the southern #BluefinTuna and #BlueWhale"
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The Southern Ocean upwelling is a mecca for #whales and #tuna that’s worth celebrating and protecting https://theconversation.com/the-southern-ocean-upwelling-is-a-mecca-for-whales-and-tuna-thats-worth-celebrating-and-protecting-223338
"The Great Southern Australian Coastal #Upwelling System is an upward current of water over vast distances along #Australia’s southern coast. It brings nutrients from deeper waters to the surface. This nutrient-rich water supports a rich #ecosystem that attracts iconic species like the southern #BluefinTuna and #BlueWhale"
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Soviel zu der Frage, wie effektiv die bisherigen "freiwilligen" Schutzmaßnahmen für die #Ostsee sind. #NationalparkOstsee #Upwelling ##Naturschutz
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Soviel zu der Frage, wie effektiv die bisherigen "freiwilligen" Schutzmaßnahmen für die #Ostsee sind. #NationalparkOstsee #Upwelling ##Naturschutz
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Illustration concrète de l'#upwelling, abordé dans notre blog de samedi pour expliquer les différences de températures des eaux des lacs en Suisse, mais en Méditerranée cette fois-ci!
https://twitter.com/MeteoExpress/status/1688451156228325376
🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/meteosuisse/status/1688461590209658880
🕐 07/08 10:06