Comments on: Book review – Ocean Circulation in Three Dimensions

By: Book review – Blue Machine: How the Ocean Shapes Our World | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 15:05:15 +0000

[…] helps to understand the above idea of energy diversion is the fact that the ocean is a vast three-dimensional environment that is constantly in motion, creating and maintaining differences at different scales. Three basic parameters to consider are […]

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By: Book review – Land of Wondrous Cold: The Race to Discover Antarctica and Unlock the Secrets of Its Ice | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 13:32:46 +0000

[…] sluggishness” (p. 156) creating today’s tempestuous Southern Ocean. It also influenced the three-dimensional character of ocean circulation with heavy, cold water sinking to depth and pushing out into the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific […]

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By: Book review – Volcanoes (Second Edition) | The Inquisitive Biologist

Book review – Volcanoes (Second Edition) | The Inquisitive Biologist — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 10:38:17 +0000

[…] expanding my knowledge. And thus I found myself eyeing up the new book Volcanotectonics. Yet, as I recently rediscovered, there is still a gap between having covered the essentials of geology and diving headlong into an […]

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By: Book review – Dangerous Earth: What We Wish We Knew about Volcanoes, Hurricanes, Climate Change, Earthquakes, and More | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 11 May 2020 09:51:45 +0000

[…] oceanic circulation will be affected by climate change, which means reckoning with its complex three-dimensional nature. Other matters touched on here are melting permafrost, bleaching coral reefs, and dead zones devoid […]

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By: Book review – Wild Sea: A History of the Southern Ocean | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 11 May 2020 09:49:16 +0000

[…] and understanding their three-dimensional nature is an ongoing mission (see also my review of Ocean Circulation in Three Dimensions). Invisible to us, this underwater realm features waves, eddies, gyres, and underwater storms of […]

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