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• Panama’s Critical Ocean Upwelling Fails for the First Time in Four Decades Amid Weakening Winds

  Published: Apr 27, 2026

  Section: Research

  Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute have documented the unprecedented collapse of the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling process during the 2025 dry season....

• Stanford Study Resolves Decades-Long Mystery of Antarctic Sea Ice Growth and Abrupt 2016 Collapse

  Published: Mar 28, 2026

  Section: Environment

  Researchers at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability have identified a "competing effect" between surface freshwater and wind-driven upwelling as the primary driver of Antarc...