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Little Creatures Can Stir Big Oceans
When it comes to churning up the world's oceans, Mastigias jellyfish are quite the little blenders. New research suggests that large groups of the small, placid creatures--along with all of the sea's other motile beings--can mix as much heat, gases, and nutrients through the water column as the winds and tides do.
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A viscosity-enhanced mechanism for biogenic ocean mixing
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