3-D model reveals how invisible waves move materials within aquatic ecosystems
Sunday, May 29, 2016 - 21:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Garbage, nutrients and tiny animals are pushed around, suspended in the world's oceans by waves invisible to the naked eye according to a new 3-D model. The model has been developed by mathematicians who have created a 3-D simulation that showcases how materials such phytoplankton, contaminants, and nutrients move within aquatic ecosystems via underwater bulges called mode-2 internal waves.