Friday, April 23, 2010

In Deep Sea, Waves With a Familiar Curl


From The New York Times:

Scientists exploring the deep sea have discovered a distinctive kind of breaking wave. The finding reveals the presence of a subtle new force that can stir the dark seabed, and it helps to explain some of the nuances of planetary recycling and the provision of food to abyssal life.

The discovery also illustrates the radical nature of the insights that lay behind the start of the scientific revolution some four centuries ago.

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