Cristian, Author at Exploring our Oceans

Simple density experiments to do at home

The oceans are a complex system. Many are the processes and phenomena behind how they work. However, some of the “physics” after them are also present in our day to day live. We can actually represent many of these features in the lab, or even better, at our homes. Continue reading →

Mixing in the oceans. Some extraordinary phenomena.

We often tend to think of the ocean as a big homogeneous soup, but it is nevertheless a complex stratified system. The ocean is structured in layers of different density with a very dynamic nature, allowing for mixing in all sorts of spatial and temporal scales. From the tiniest slow molecular diffusion to the large turbulent mixing in storms. Double diffusion generating salt fingers. Continue reading →

Amphidromic Points: tidal spiders in a real World

During the past week we have seen how tides are formed, and we have been discussing many details about them. We have seen how the gravity pull from the Moon and the Sun elongate the water, which bulges on one side, but we have described how an opposite bulge is also formed as Earth is also being pulled. Continue reading →

My Research: Cristian Florindo-Lopez

Hello everyone, My name is Cristian Florindo-Lopez and this autumn I will be part of the "Exploring our Oceans" MOOC’s mentors team. On a regular day, I am a PhD student on my third year at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton. In today’s post I would like to share with you what my research is about. Briefly, I could say it is framed in the dynamics of Polar Regions, specifically the Arctic Ocean. Continue reading →

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