gyre

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The gyre, which lies between Hawaii and California, is formed by rotating ocean currents and has, over the past 50 plus years, become a reservoir for plastic litter of all sizes.

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Side 2 sends Barnes into the twisty, noisy gyre of a 12-minute track called “The Past Is a Grotesque Animal.”

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By staying within the gyre, vulnerable young sea turtles can remain relatively safe.

HOW SEA TURTLES FIND THEIR WAY - ISSUE 94: EVOLVINGJASON G. GOLDMANDECEMBER 16, 2020NAUTILUS

Likewise, where the gyre glances off the coast of Africa and returns to the Americas, a second current flowing the opposite direction continues south past the equator and away from the rest of the population.

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The extremely slow collection of organic material and other sediments below a gyre does allow oxygen in the water to seep deep into the sediment.

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Dorsally, the fissure bifurcates, embracing the gyre indented by the caudal limb of the paracentral.

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Ay, and the elves and gyre-carlings frae the bonnie bairn, grace be wi' it?

GUY MANNERING, OR THE ASTROLOGER, COMPLETE, ILLUSTRATEDSIR WALTER SCOTT

Gyre (derived from Gayour or Giaour, a dog), “to scratch like a dog.”

LEWIS CARROLL IN WONDERLAND AND AT HOMEBELLE MOSES

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