Set against certain other oceanographic phenomena in the northwest Atlantic, a class of brief and localized events that occur in the Irminger Sea may seem inconsequential. Not so, however.
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Dickson, B. Stirring times in the Atlantic. Nature 424, 141–142 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424141a
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