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Unique Phenomena in the Ocean
Summary
This chapter surveys distinctive ocean phenomena including coastal upwelling, deep-water circulation, and the accumulation of microplastics in marine environments. It underscores how fundamental ocean processes—the same ones that drive marine productivity—also transport and concentrate plastic pollution across vast distances.
This chapter examines distinctive oceanic phenomena, such as coastal upwelling and downwelling, the sinking of cold water in polar regions, oceanic microplastics, the geophysical turbulence depicted in van Gogh’s The Starry Night and satellite observations,...