But now, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), its course has been interrupted after becoming trapped in an ocean vortex ... in a rotating cylinder of water called a Taylor column.

a spinning vortex of water caused by ocean currents hitting the underwater mountain. The currents create a cylindrical motion ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...

it’s now slowly spinning in an ocean vortex, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). The iceberg is trapped in a rotating cylinder of water called a Taylor column near the South Orkney ...

A Taylor column occurs when a fluid, such as ocean water, flows over a submerged object in a rotating system, like the Earth. In this case, the vortex is caused by a bump on the ocean floor called ...

generating a full-depth mass of rotating water between them. In this instance, the obstruction is a 100km-wide bump on the ocean bottom known as Pirie Bank. The vortex sits on top of the bank ...

The world’s largest iceberg is on the move again, drifting through the Southern Ocean after months stuck spinning on the same spot, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have said.

A plastic waste vortex almost the size of Queensland is ... Australia More than half of that plastic is less dense than ocean water and is resilient to breaking down or sinking to the bottom ...

The Arctic Ocean is Earth's northernmost body of water. It encircles the Arctic ... A jet stream called the polar vortex encircles the Arctic, propelled forward by the difference between cold ...

voicing the ocean itself in an upcoming feature doc described as a “visionary cinematic odyssey.” The Oscar-winner will lend his vocals to the upcoming film “Water People: The Story of Us ...

For months, a gargantuan iceberg has been slowly spinning in one spot in the Southern Ocean — and it could continue to stay trapped in this vortex for ... of the moving water with the size ...