Planetary waves, also known as Rossby waves, propagate throughout the world's oceans on very large scales. They influence the ocean–climate system and also, it seems, the delivery of nutrients to the ocean surface.
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Siegel, D. The Rossby rototiller. Nature 409, 576–577 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35054659
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