Waves don't take place just on the ocean's surface. Underneath the crests and troughs that we can see from above are internal tides, which form when tidal flows collide with seamounts, continental slopes, and ridges on the ...
Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2024
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Right now, there's something big spinning off the coast from Sydney—a giant rotating vortex of sea water, powerful enough to dominate the ocean currents off south-eastern Australia.
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2023
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Scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have developed a new diagnostic framework to better understand and analyze the intricate isoneutral oceanic mesoscale eddy transport ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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The joint research team of Dr. Namgoo Kang from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) and Dr. Minseok Kang from the National Center for Agro Meteorology (NCAM) has developed a novel technology that ...
Biotechnology
Jun 28, 2023
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Mesoscale eddies are essential for the distribution of thermohaline and biochemical properties, and act as a bridge for the energy cascade between large-scale circulation and submesoscale dynamical processes.
Earth Sciences
Oct 19, 2022
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When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small armada of planes, drones, and other high-tech craft chasing the ocean's shapeshifting physics.
Earth Sciences
Oct 11, 2022
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From the 13th to the 16th of March 2021, an extremely strong dust storm struck Mongolia and northern China successively, causing 590 herdsmen to disappear and 16 people to die in Mongolia. When the dust storm reached central ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 11, 2022
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Ocean general circulation models (OGCMs) have become increasingly important for understanding oceanic dynamic processes and ocean environment forecasting. In recent decades, OGCMs have been developed with finer resolution ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 10, 2022
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We hear a lot about how climate change will change the land, sea, and ice. But how will it affect clouds?
Environment
May 31, 2022
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Bubbles are a cornerstone of many environmental and industrial processes such as the development of pharmaceutical products and mitigating the environmental impact of greenhouse gases. From algae biofuel to carbon sequestration ...
General Physics
Feb 8, 2022
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