The Indian Ocean Garbage Patch on a continuous ocean map centered near the south pole The Indian Ocean garbage patch, discovered in 2010, is a gyre of marine litter suspended in the upper
water column of the
central Indian Ocean, specifically the Indian Ocean Gyre, one of the five major
oceanic gyres.
Di Lorenzo et al. (2010) presents evidence of the unique impacts of
Central Pacific (CPAC) El Niño events (i.e., El Niño episodes when the warmest waters are located in the central tropical Pacific) on the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric and oceanic circulation on interannual and decadal time
Central Pacific (CPAC) El Niño events (i.e., El Niño episodes when the warmest
waters are located in the
central tropical Pacific) on the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric and oceanic circulation on interannual and decadal time
central tropical Pacific) on the Northern Hemisphere atmospheric and
oceanic circulation on interannual and decadal time scales.