Scientists find 'black holes' in the sea

**marcus300** · 09-25-2013, 05:45 AM

Scientists find huge ocean eddies in Atlantic Ocean - AOL Travel UK

Scientists believe they have found some of the largest ocean eddies on Earth, similar to the mysterious "black holes" of space.

Researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Miami have reportedly found the ocean eddies in the southern Atlantic Ocean and say they are mathematically equivalent to black holes.

According to RedOrbit, an ocean eddy is a huge whirlpool created when water flows past an obstacle. Ocean eddies have influence over the Earth's climate and are over 90-miles in diameter, rotating and drifting across the sea.

There is a rise in the number of eddies in the Southern Ocean, increasing the northward transport of warm and salty water.

Scientists believe these ocean eddies could moderate the negative impact of melting sea ice in a warming climate.

ETH Life reports that black holes are objects in space with a mass so great that they attract everything that comes close to them - nothing can escape, not even light. With ocean eddies, nothing can escape from the inside of the loops, not even water.

Using mathematical models, the researchers isolated water-transporting eddies from a sequence of satellite observations.

They detected their rotating edges, which the scientists found were indicators of the whirlpool within.

"Mathematicians have been trying to understand such peculiarly coherent vortices in turbulent flows for a very long time," said George Haller, Professor of Nonlinear Dynamics at ETH Zurich, in a statement.

According to Earth Sky, the results are expected to help resolve a number of oceanic puzzles, ranging from climate-related questions to the spread of environmental pollution patterns.

**t-dogg** · 09-25-2013, 05:50 AM

That's pretty cool.

**Igifuno** · 09-25-2013, 05:52 AM

Pretty fascinating. I wonder if they could launch an 'indestructible satellite' of some sort into it to monitor what happens after being 'swallowed'.

**Times Roman** · 09-25-2013, 09:30 AM

hmmmm.....

i'll have to ponder this a bit.

those that believe in something sinister behind the bermuda triangle, I can almost hear them say.... "Ah ha!"

**bass** · 09-25-2013, 09:40 AM

very interesting, but can they get to it?

**Darkness** · 09-25-2013, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Times Roman

hmmmm.....

i'll have to ponder this a bit.

those that believe in something sinister behind the bermuda triangle, I can almost hear them say.... "Ah ha!"

True along with the skewed magnetic fields. Which means.... wait for it..... waiiiiit...... ALIENS!

**Hazard** · 09-25-2013, 09:45 AM

I gave up flying years ago..... (Before 9/11) and its not looking good for a cruise now either lol

**Times Roman** · 09-25-2013, 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by Hazard

I gave up flying years ago..... (Before 9/11) and its not looking good for a cruise now either lol

could have been worse i suppose.....
...you could have gave up sex for lent?

**Hazard** · 09-25-2013, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by Times Roman

could have been worse i suppose.....
...you could have gave up sex for lent?

Seems as of late my gf has given up sex lol. Before I was on cycle she wanted it every single day. Since being on cycle she's wanted it every day but when we get upstairs..... She goes to sleep.

Men and women...... We're never in sync lol

**PurpleOnes** · 09-25-2013, 09:53 AM

I'm wondering who will be first human to try to jump in there.

**bass** · 09-25-2013, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by PurpleOnes

I'm wondering who will be first human to try to jump in there.

we can start with child molesters!

**Hazard** · 09-25-2013, 10:01 AM

Originally Posted by bass

we can start with child molesters!

Followed by euro

**Bert** · 09-25-2013, 02:38 PM

Now I know.

**probuild42** · 09-25-2013, 03:08 PM

I think further research needs to be done. Then harness and duplicate the power of this thing. Last build the technology into a Toilet that can flush the mightiest of protein subs! No escape and uncloggable.

**HitIt** · 09-25-2013, 04:41 PM

marcus didn't they find a black hole on Uranus?

**Megalodon6** · 09-25-2013, 05:08 PM

This is very interesting

**Java Man** · 09-26-2013, 03:48 AM

Trip

**marcus300** · 09-26-2013, 06:21 AM

Originally Posted by PurpleOnes

I'm wondering who will be first human to try to jump in there.

We could start with Australians and see how that goes

**Flagg** · 09-26-2013, 03:10 PM

Nice article.

The shape of our galaxy is the result of the massive galactic core at the centre.

Back onto eddys, I read an article once on how thing like hurricane form. It's right in stating that the mathematics behind such phenomena is massive. They are largely stochastic systems governed by stochastic processes.