Phytoplankton blooms, aside from giving us gorgeous eddies of blue and green, can reveal how ocean currents are mixing. Blooms typically occur where nutrients are being washed together. #
Tag: NASA Earth Observatory
Turbulent Mixing in the Gulf
Sediments carried by rivers and stirred from the shallows meet the Gulf of Mexico in a vivid display of turbulent mixing. Although turbulence is not well-understood, it is a process vital to our lives. Without turbulence, it would take days for molecular diffusion to mix milk into your coffee! #
