Satellite imagery of the rogue Canadian iron dumping experiment
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By , on October 19th, 2012 18 comments   Conservation & Environment, Dumping, Industry & Government   , , , , , , ,  

News of an rogue iron-dumping experiment off British Columbia, Canada, broke in the Guardian on Monday, and was followed up by the New York Times, the New Yorker, and io9. Dr. M explained why this was appalling news, and ever since we’ve been having a vigorous discussion in the secret Deep Sea News lair on . . . → Read More: Satellite imagery of the rogue Canadian iron dumping experiment

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Undular bores – not just for dinner parties
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By , on September 8th, 2010 Leave a comment   Weather   , ,  

This gorgeous atmospheric wave pattern, caught by satellite, was visible off Baja California Sur on Sunday. Scripps graduate student James Means wrote: [Dr.] Larry Armi identifies this as an undular bore trapped by today’s very strong temperature inversion, and probably associated with an interaction between southeasterly flow at upper levels and the lower level . . . → Read More: Undular bores – not just for dinner parties

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