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Scientists Uncover a Massive Gravity Hole in the Indian Ocean—And Its Origins Are More Disturbing Than Expected
New research, published in Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that the anomaly may be linked to mantle convection ... from a depth of 300 km to nearly 900 km beneath the Indian Ocean.
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Key Physical Variables in the Ocean: Temperature, Salinity, and Density
Density in particular is an important property in ocean science because small spatial changes in density result in spatial variations in pressure at a given depth, which in turn drive the ocean ...
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How deep is the ocean?
Ocean depth is divided into zones: littoral, bathyal, abyssal and hadal. The deepest part of the ocean, the hadal zone, is anywhere deeper than six kilometres. What is the average depth of the ocean?
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Scientists make puzzling find while examining recent Antarctic sea-ice levels: 'Substantially modified'
"Strong heat-loss events are key to initiating ocean convection and influence atmospheric ... in the Southern Ocean and motivate in-depth analysis of the wider climate-system impacts," according ...