Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui by the locals, is a remote island off the coast of Chile. As of 2023, its population ...

a spinning vortex of water caused by ocean currents hitting the underwater mountain. The currents create a cylindrical motion ...

Antarctic Circumpolar Current churns 6 billion cubic-feet ... to 'alarming low' for the third year in a row A massive vortex of ocean water encircling Antarctica, a swirling volume 100-times ...

Much of the debris that ends up in the North Pacific Ocean gets drawn into the North Pacific Gyre by currents. The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex ... travels along currents and degrades ...