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Tag: Ocean Mixing

Open ocean polynyas: How these holes in the ice mysteriously appear
Sea Ice

Open ocean polynyas: How these holes in the ice mysteriously appear

For decades now scientists have been fascinated by polynyas, holes that appear in the polar sea ice whose causes are…
December 5, 2020December 6, 2020 Shawn Wang
Power by the numbers: tiny shrimp generate turbulence in the ocean
Behavior

Power by the numbers: tiny shrimp generate turbulence in the ocean

Imagine hundreds of thousands of tiny shrimp swimming in the ocean. Believe it or not, the combined swimming action of…
May 15, 2018May 15, 2018 Katherine Barrett
Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean
Physical oceanography

Mixing it up in the Southern Ocean

A team of scientists used underwater ocean gliders to measure ocean turbulence and mixing along the Antarctic continental slope and…
November 8, 2017November 8, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Book Review Sea Ice

Atlantic confirmed as accomplice in Arctic sea ice loss

A team of scientist gathered new evidence from the Arctic Ocean, revealing a new suspect responsible for rapidly melting Arctic…
April 10, 2017 Veronica Tamsitt
Biology Book Review

Herds of sea monkeys help scientists understand the role of diel vertical migration in ocean mixing

Article: Monica M. Wilhelmus and John O. Dabiri. Observations of large-scale fluid transport by laser-guided plankton aggregations. Physics of Fluids, September 30,…
October 22, 2014October 22, 2014 Irvin Huang

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