The fictional depictions of the Moskstraumen by Edgar Allan Poe, Jules Verne, and Cixin Liu describe it as a gigantic circular vortex that reaches the bottom of the ocean, when in fact it is …

Aug 10, 2024 · In other words, A23a is trapped in a kind of ocean vortex. Till Wagner, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies how ice interacts with climate, said he has …

Dec 20, 2024 · About the size of Rhode Island, the iceberg known as A23a got stuck in an ocean vortex this summer, spinning in place for months. Now, it's free, and heading back into open …

May 1, 2019 · Researchers have found a new way to use satellites to monitor the Great Whirl, a massive whirlpool the size of Colorado that forms each year off the coast of East Africa, shown …

Aug 14, 2024 · Instead of continuing along its trajectory toward warmer waters, it’s now slowly spinning in an ocean vortex, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The iceberg is …

Dec 26, 2024 · whirlpool, rotary oceanic current, a large-scale eddy that is produced by the interaction of rising and falling tides. Similar currents that exhibit a central downdraft are …

Jul 19, 2018 · In oceans, they are mainly caused by tides and are capable of submerging large ships. Whirlpool that has a downdraft is referred to as Vortex in proper terms. Below are some …

Aug 15, 2024 · For months, a gargantuan iceberg has been slowly spinning in one spot in the Southern Ocean — and it could continue to stay trapped in this vortex for quite some time, …

Aug 16, 2024 · (CNN) — For months, a gargantuan iceberg has been slowly spinning in one spot in the Southern Ocean — and it could continue to stay trapped in this vortex for quite some …

Jan 1, 2010 · Oceanic vortices (also called eddies) come under a large variety of sizes, from a few kilometers up to 300 km in diameter. Vertically, their extent can also range from a few tens …