For decades, the Gulf of Panama has relied on strong seasonal winds to trigger upwelling, bringing cool, nutrient-packed ...

The Gulf of Panama has experienced an annual wind-driven oceanographic phenomenon called upwelling for at least as long as records of it have existed. In 2025, however, seasonal upwelling failed, and ...

The Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling failed in 2025 for the first time in at least 40 years, breaking a long-standing ...

Panama’s seasonal upwelling in the Gulf failed to appear this year, marking the first such event in at least 40 years. Scientists point to reduced trade winds as the main cause, with ties to broader ...

In 2025, Panama’s Gulf saw its first recorded collapse of the seasonal upwelling that sustains fisheries, reefs, and tourism. At the same time, Quintana Roo’s 2026 sargassum season is bringing heavy ...

Scientists have spotted something dramatically unusual in the ocean, and it could be a warning sign of things to come. Warm air dances with cold air; cold water chases warm water. It's all a part of a ...

Every year in the Gulf of Panama, between December and April, trade winds from the north push warm surface water away from the coast, allowing cool, nutrient-rich water from the depths to rise, in a ...

For the first time in at least 40 years of recorded observation, a critical ocean process failed to occur, and researchers ...

For the first time in at least four decades, the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling failed in 2025, depriving marine ...