Cold-core ring
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Cold-core rings are a type of oceanic eddy, which are characterized as unstable, time-dependent swirling, independent "cells" that separate from their respective ocean current and move into water bodi
An image depicting the formation of eddies as a closed off meander and a cold core ring.
The meanders of the gulf stream can form eddies. The image depicts a cold core ring as well as a meander of the gulf stream in the process of forming a cold core ring.
Zooplankton are frequently influenced and displaced by the course of cold core rings.
Gulf of Mexico
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The Gulf of Mexico is an oceanic basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the Gulf Coa
English nautical chart from 1700 labels the body of water "the Great Bay of Mexico"
The Harbor at Galveston, by Verner Moore White (1863–1923)
Ship and oil rigs in the gulf (2002)
Cantarell Field (2015)