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Are there black holes in the oceans?

Experts say that the first person to approach the concept of oceanic black holes, was undoubtedly Edgar Allan Poe. Through his fantastic story «A descent into the Maelstrom», he explained to us the unusual thing about this real phenomenon, which we already talked about in Science Daily Online, where a violent sea whirlpool has engulfed more than one vessel over time, in a kind of "sucking funnel."

Now, then, are this kind of sea whirlpools perhaps similar to the conventional black holes we all have in mind? The truth is that it is amazing, but in recent times and due mainly to climate change and global warming , scientists are discovering the existence of incredible oceanic eddies.

Their Vortices, they had not noticed until very recently, but it is intuited that they share with the black space holes the same chaos and the same force.We are sure that you want to know more on the subject...

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Oceanic black holes Yes, there are!

Scientists like George Haller, from the University of Zurich, or Francisco Beron-Vera , from the University of Miami , they tell us that there are powerful eddies along our ocean that can reach 150 kilometers in diameter.Their strength is abysmal, so much, that they compare them with black holes.They have very strong barriers where the particles spin in closed loops, absorbing everything they find.

The subject generates so much interest that it has created even a very complex mathematical technique by which, find those swirling voracious in our oceans, a work that can be seen in the "Journal of fluid Mechanics." According to these researchers from The Federal Polytechnic School of Zurich, in recent years where these types of violent swirls have been most appreciated is in the Antarctic Ocean .The reason? Because of the melting of ice due to global warming, something that should certainly make us reflect.

Now, why principles, data or concepts can reach equate the Space black holes with these ocean whirlpools? The variables to consider would be the following:

Are there black holes in the oceans?

  • A black hole is a finite region of space where there is a large concentration of mass, which in turn, generates a gravitational field where nothing can escape even the light.
  • An ocean swirl is one is a finite region of the sea where there is a large concentration of mass, which in turn, generates a rotating field so intense where nothing can escape, not even water.
  • The oceanic swirls are stable like than black holes.In fact, it is known that along the southeast Africa there is one that has been constant for more than a year.They are capable of swallowing from microorganisms such as plankton to plastics and, of course, water.

Are there black holes in the oceans?

Does this mean we should be scared? What can emerge at any given time one of those whirlpools when we meet for example on a cruise? Scientists reassure us by claiming that surveillance is done from satellites. Today, about 7 are controlled and .However, due to sea currents, and difference in water temperatures when colliding with warmer and colder ones, is causing that little by little, there are more.

We will be aware of all these interesting information about the oceanic black holes.we invite you to discover with us Thor's Well, a door at the bottom of the sea.

Are there black holes in the oceans?

George Haller, University of Zurich

Image: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center , Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Edward Badley

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