In a laboratory experiment, WHOI physical oceanographer Claudia Cenedese simulates some fluid dynamics that occur in the Arctic Ocean. The "box" rotates as the Earth does, and relatively fresh water forms a coastal current that hugs?and flows between?plastic "coastlines" representing Canada and Greenland. The dye lets scientists visualize and photograph the fluid behavior. (Illustration by Jack Cook, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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