3-D model reveals how invisible waves move materials within aquatic ecosystems

Posted by on May 27, 2016 11:05 pm
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Garbage, nutrients and tiny animals are pushed around, suspended in the world’s oceans by waves invisible to the naked eye according to a new 3-D model. The model has been developed by mathematicians who have created a 3-D simulation that showcases how materials such phytoplankton, contaminants, and nutrients move within aquatic ecosystems via underwater bulges called mode-2 internal waves.

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