Oceanographers have an explanation for the Arctic's puzzling ocean turbulence
E-Mail IMAGE: This image shows the activity of eddies simulated in the Arctic Ocean. The left panel shows seasonal changes in eddy activity at the surface of the ocean, compared to the... view more Credit: Courtesy of: Gianluca Meneghello Eddies are often seen as the weather of the ocean. Like large-scale circulations in the atmosphere, eddies swirl through the ocean as slow-moving sea cyclones, sweeping up nutrients and heat, and transporting them around the world. In most oceans, eddies are observed at every depth and are stronger at the surface. But since the 1970s, researchers...