Tags: currents
Great new work by marine scientists Patricia Medeiros, Caitlin Amos and Renato Castelao published in Nature:
The 200-mile zone that hugs the curvature of the coast bursts with life, from phytoplankton to whales. Out in the open ocean, this activity is comparatively diminished. Understanding how coastal water is moved offshore fertilizing the open ocean is a long-standing goal of ocean scientists.
Now, a new study from…