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Environment & Energy

phantom power

(25,966 posts) Tue Sep 18, 2012, 12:08 PM Sep 2012

I expect this to be transient, but kind of interesting:

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ice gyre (Original Post) phantom power Sep 2012 OP

Wouldn't we expect such a gyre pscot Sep 2012 #1

It looks like a bunch of ice cubes going down the toilet XemaSab Sep 2012 #2

Is that normal? Speck Tater Sep 2012 #3

It's actually a lot less movement than it was a couple of weeks ago OnlinePoker Sep 2012 #4

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1. Wouldn't we expect such a gyre

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 02:39 PM

Sep 2012

as a result of the Coriolis effect? The direction is right.

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2. It looks like a bunch of ice cubes going down the toilet

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:05 PM

Sep 2012

because that's exactly what it is.

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3. Is that normal?

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 03:12 PM

Sep 2012

I wonder what effect it will have on winter re-freezing? Maybe if it keeps churning we'll have slushies at the north pole instead of solid ice.

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4. It's actually a lot less movement than it was a couple of weeks ago

Wed Sep 19, 2012, 09:09 AM

Sep 2012