This week, an international team set off aboard #METEOR for an expedition along the west coast of Africa, led by the GEOMAR. The expedition focuses on two poorly understood phenomena: the Benguela upwelling system off the coasts of Angola and Namibia, which partly operates independently of the wind, and the recurring marine heatwaves known as Benguela Niños, which have a significant impact on the local climate and cause flooding in Angola and Namibia. https://www.geomar.de/en/news/article/ozeanstroemungen-und-marine-hitzewellen-im-tropischen-atlantik P. Henning
