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Ocean vortex 'death trap' discovered
A MASSIVE ocean vortex discovered off the West Australian coast is acting as a "death trap" by sucking in huge amounts of fish larvae and could affect the surrounding climate.
A team of scientists from The University of Western Australia Murdoch University, CSIRO and three American, French and Spanish research institutions announced the discovery of the vortex after a month-long research voyage in the ocean just west of Rottnest Island.
Led by Dr Anya Waite, a biological oceanographer from UWA, the 10-member team found the vortex – 200km in diameter and 1000m deep – spinning at speeds up to 5kph just off the Rottnest Canyon.
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Originally posted by firebat
Fascinating, indeed. It says this thing is visible from Space!
Originally posted by jumpspace
...The interesting thing is that the satellite photo shows an island at the dead centre of it.
Originally posted by jumpspace
The vortex is travelling around 5 km/hr and is just off the coast of Rockingham.
During a pole shift and the days preceding a pole shift there are many forces affecting the oceans which, when applied to the atmosphere, create tornadoes. As any child watching water run down a drain can note, a swirling vortex is created in the center of rapidly dropping water...
Cold arctic water may have been thrust on top of warmer water, and as with tornadoes, when the thrust that caused this situation stops, the cold water will suddenly drop, creating a vortex.
Originally posted by jumpspace
The interesting thing is that the satellite photo shows an island at the dead centre of it.