“ Researchers have documented that the Gulf of Panama’s seasonal upwelling failed in 2025 for the first time in at least 40 years, breaking a long-standing ocean pattern.
That absence removed a critical seasonal cooling and nutrient pulse, leaving marine ecosystems exposed during a period they have reliably depended on. “ https://www.earth.com/news/oceans-breath-upwelling-off-the-coast-of-panama-has-disappeared/. #GulfOfPanama #climatechange
For the first time in 40 years, the 'ocean's breath' off the coast of Panama has disappeared

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

Earth.com