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    Niiler recalls his reaction: "My God, we’ve never seen these before." Satellite measurements showed that the interfaces between adjacent currents were alternately associated with slight peaks and troughs in sea level. Full Article at Huliq.com
    My God, we’ve never seen these before.
    SOURCE: Huliq.com 19 months ago
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Mysterious striped currents in our oceans
  1. Only a very lazy canoeist would notice the effect
    SOURCE: Huliq.com 19 months ago
  2. They are a fascinating new aspect to the ocean’s circulation, but the jury is still out on the mechanisms leading to their formation
    SOURCE: Huliq.com 19 months ago
  3. Their existence is so surprising that we had to prove first that they are not an artefact of satellite data
    SOURCE: Huliq.com 19 months ago

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