A gyre is any manner of swirling vortex , particularly a natural phenomenon. It can refer to An ocean gyre , its most common meaning. A cyclone or hurricane . A maelstrom A whirlpool . A tornado . USNS Gyre T AGOR 21 , a research ship. disambig See also The Widening Gyre disambiguation disambig ... more details
The Widening Gyre may refer to The first line of Yeats s poem The Second Coming poem The Second Coming Batman The Widening Gyre , a 2009 Batman limited series from Kevin Smith The Widening Gyre novel The Widening Gyre novel , a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker The Widening Gyre , a piece on Idiot Flesh s 1990 album Tales of Instant Knowledge and Sure Death The Widening Gyre , an episode in the second series of the TV show Andromeda TV series Andromeda The Widening Gyre , the second symphony by composer Anthony Ritchie The Widening Gyre , an episode in the third season of the TV show Sons of Anarchy The Widening Gyer , the 40th episode of the animated series Ben 10 Ultimate Alien . The Widening Gyre , a steampunk setting for the Hero System, 6th Edition by Bill Keyes. Published in 2011 by Blackwyrm Publishing Hero System . See also Gyre disambig ... more details
Image Antarctic frontal system hg.png 250px thumb Location of the Weddell Gyre in the Weddell Sea . The Weddell Gyre is one of the two Oceanic gyre gyres that exist within the Southern Ocean . The gyre is located in the Weddell Sea , and rotates clockwise. The gyre is formed by interactions between the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Antarctic Continental Shelf . Due to the Coriolis force acting to the left in the Southern Hemisphere and the resulting Ekman transport away from the centres of the gyre, these regions are very productive due to upwelling of cold, nutrient rich water. clear See also Oceanic current Physical oceanography Ross Gyre Antarctica Ocean Category Oceanography Category Physical oceanography Category Geography of the Southern Ocean Category Filchner Ronne Ice Shelf Marine current stub ca Gir de Weddell es Giro de Weddell nn Weddell virvelen pt Giro de Weddell ... more details
otheruses2 Gyre File Oceanic gyres.png thumb 300px right The five major ocean gyres A gyre in oceanography is any large system of rotating ocean current s, particularly those involved with large wind movements .... and the Open University 1998 Ocean circulation , Oxford University Press Page 98 ref The term gyre ... Ocean Gyre North Atlantic Gyre North Pacific Gyre South Atlantic Gyre South Pacific Gyre Other ... Gyre s two counter rotating circulations in northern Indian Ocean ref http www.mar.dfo mpo.gc.ca ... gyres The center of a subtropical gyre is a high pressure zone. Circulation around the high ... side of the gyre and easterly trade winds on the southern side of the gyre. These cause frictional surface currents towards the latitude at the center of the gyre. The build up of water in the center of the gyre creates equatorward flow in the upper convert 1000 to 2000 m ft abbr on of the ocean ... boundary current . The intensified western boundary current of the North Atlantic Gyre is the Gulf Stream , in the North Pacific Gyre North Pacific it s the Kuroshio Current , in the South Atlantic Gyre South Atlantic it s the Brazil Current , in the South Pacific Gyre South Pacific it s the East Australian Current , and in the Indian Ocean Gyre Indian Ocean it s the Agulhas Current . Subpolar gyres Subpolar gyre redirects to this section Subpolar gyres form at high latitudes around 60 . Circulation ... Gyre and Ross Gyre , which circulate in a clockwise direction. ref name SIO210slides See also commonscat Oceanic gyres wiktionary Gyre Anticyclone Cyclone Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre ... Patch Skookumchuck Whirlpool Widening gyre References reflist External links http 5gyres.org 5 ... Ocean Currents http eros.eas.gatech.edu npgo North Pacific Gyre Oscillation Georgia Institute of Technology ... oceanography Category Ocean currents Category Fisheries science ca Gir oce nic da Gyre es Giro oce nico fr Gyre oc anique km ja pt Giro oce nico ... more details
Image Antarctic frontal system hg.png 250px thumb Location of the Ross Gyre in the Ross Sea . The Ross Gyre is one of the two Oceanic gyre gyres that exist within the Southern Ocean . The gyre is located in the Ross Sea , and rotates clockwise. The gyre is formed by interactions between the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and the Antarctic Continental Shelf . Sea ice has been noted to persist in the central area of the gyre. ref Cite book last Michael L. first Van Woert, et al. authorlink editor last DiTullio editor first Giacomo R. editor2 last Dunbar editor2 first Robert B. contribution The Ross Sea Circulation During the 1990s title Biogeochemistry of the Ross Sea publisher American Geophysical Union year 2003 location pages 4 34 url http books.google.com books?id 4o7i8yJeEPMC&printsec frontcover&source gbs ge summary r&cad 0 v onepage&q&f false isbn 0 87590 972 8 p. 10. ref There is some evidence that global warming has resulted in some decrease of the salinity of the waters of the Ross Gyre since the 1950s. ref Cite book last Florindo first Fabio authorlink last2 Siegert first2 Martin J. author2 link title Antarctic Climate Evolution publisher Elsevier year 2008 location page 106 url http books.google.com books?id yUu x70CZEcC&printsec frontcover&source gbs ge summary r&cad 0 v onepage&q&f false isbn 978 0 444 52847 6 ref clear References reflist See also Oceanic current Physical oceanography Weddell Gyre Ocean Category Oceanography Category Physical oceanography Category Geography of the Southern Ocean Marine current stub bg ca Gir de Ross es Giro de Ross pt Giro de Ross ... more details
The Beaufort Gyre is a wind driven ocean current located in the Arctic Ocean . The gyre contains both ice and water. It accumulates fresh water by the process of melting the ice floating on the surface of the water. ref name flywheel Citation last Lippsett first Lonny title The Flywheel of the Arctic Climate Engine Remote Beaufort Gyre Expeditions Reveal Clues to Climate Change journal Oceanus volume 44 issue 3 year 2005 pages 28 url http www.whoi.edu oceanus viewArticle.do?id 9208 . Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. ref Studies The oceanographer Andrey Proshutinsky has theorized that if winds and the gyre are to weaken, high volumes of freshwater could leak out of the eastern side of the Arctic Ocean. The fresh water could leak into the Northern Atlantic Ocean , causing large impacts on ocean circulation and climate . ref http findarticles.com p articles mi hb3324 is 2 44 ai n29210622 ?tag content col1 On top of the World. Oceanus Sept. 2005 1. Web. 19 Oct. 2009. ref Because accessing the Beaufort Gyre is very difficult, scientists know very little about it. It would be very difficult to access in the winter, because of the ice. During the winter, it would also be nighttime for most of the day, which would make it impossible to see without artificial light. ref name flywheel Studies by Arthur S. Dyke and others show that if rivers increased discharges into the Beaufort Gyre, it might shift it to the right. ref name driftwood Citation last Dyke first Arthur S. title Changes in Driftwood Delivery to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago the Hypothesis of Postglacial Oscillations of the Transpolar Drift journal Arctic volume 50 issue 1 year 1997 pages 1 16 url http pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca arctic Arctic50 1 1.pdf . Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 13 Oct. 2009. ref See also Flaw ... Gyre Exploration Project Ocean DEFAULTSORT Ocean Current Category Physical oceanography Category ... Beaufort fr Gyre de Beaufort sr sh Beaufortov vrtlog ... more details
Image Indian Ocean Gyre.png thumb 250px The Indian Ocean Gyre. The Indian Ocean Gyre , located in the Indian Ocean , is one of the five major oceanic gyre s. clear See also Indian Ocean Ocean current Oceanic gyre External links http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu index.html Ocean currents Ocean Marine current stub Category Physical oceanography Category Ocean currents Category Indian Ocean fr Gyre de l Oc an Indien mr pt Giro do Oceano ndico zh ... more details
Image Oceanic gyres.png thumb 250px The five major oceanic gyre s. The North Atlantic Gyre , located in the Atlantic Ocean , is one of the five major oceanic gyre s. It includes the Gulf Stream and contains the Sargasso Sea . This gyre is similar to the North Pacific Gyre in the way it traps man made ocean debris in the North Atlantic Garbage Patch , similar to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific . clear See also Ocean current Oceanic gyre External links http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu index.html Ocean currents Ocean Marine current stub Category Atlantic Ocean Category Physical oceanography Category Ocean currents pt Giro do Atl ntico Norte fi Pohjois Atlantin kiertoliike zh ... more details
NOTOC Image South Atlantic Gyre.png 250px thumb right The South Atlantic Gyre. The South Atlantic Gyre is the southern branch of the Oceanic gyre Subtropical gyres subtropical gyre in the south Atlantic Ocean Atlantic . This gyre is heavily influenced by northwesterly winds that drive a broad eastward drift, which makes it difficult to distinguish between the northern boundary of the subtropical gyre and the southern boundary of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current . ref Guhin, Scott, et al. The South Atlantic Current. Ocean Surface Currents. NOPP CIMAS RSMAS HYCOM consortium, 2003. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu atlantic south atlantic.html ref Southern boundary main Antarctic Circumpolar Current South of this gyre is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current . This current flows from West to East around Antarctica . Another name for this current is the West Wind Drift. This current allows Antarctica to maintain its huge ice sheet by keeping warm ocean waters away. At approximately 125 Sverdrup Sv , this current is the largest ocean current. ref Smith, Ryan, et al. The Antarctic CP Current. Ocean Surface Currents. NOPP CIMAS RSMAS HYCOM consortium, n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu southern antarctic cp.html ref Northern boundary main Brazil Current North of this gyre is the Brazil Current . This current flows south along the south Brazil Brazilian coast to the mouth of Rio de la plata . Its a western boundary current , as is the Gulf Stream , but it is considerably weaker. ref Bischof, Barbie, et al. The Brazil Current. Ocean Surface Currents. NOPP CIMAS RSMAS HYCOM consortium, 2004. Web. 21 Oct. 2009. http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu atlantic brazil.html . ref See also Ocean current Oceanic gyre External links http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu index.html Ocean currents rsmas.miami.edu http seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov OCEAN PLANET HTML oceanography currents 1.html Ocean currents nasa.gov References reflist Ocean Marine current stub ... more details
File North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone.jpg thumb 300px The main ocean currents involved with the North Pacific Gyre The North Pacific Gyre , located in the northern Pacific Ocean , is one of the five major oceanic gyre s. This gyre comprises most of the northern Pacific Ocean . It is the largest ecosystem on our planet. It is located between the equator and 50th parallel north 50 N latitude and occupies an area of approximately 20 million square kilometers. ref cite journal jstor 3658829 title A Sea of Change Biogeochemical Variability in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre year 1999 publisher Springer ref The gyre has a clockwise circular pattern and comprises four prevailing ocean current s the North Pacific Current to the north, the California Current to the east, the North Equatorial Current to the south, and the Kuroshio Current to the west. It is the site of an unusually intense collection of man made marine debris , known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch . See also Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre North Atlantic Garbage Patch Great Pacific Garbage Patch Ocean current References reflist External links http oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu index.html Ocean currents Ocean Category Pacific Ocean Category Physical oceanography Category Ocean currents Marine current stub fr Gyre subtropical du Pacifique nord ja pt Giro Pac fico Norte ru sv Nordpacifiska str mmen zh ... more details
Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes USNS Gyre T AGOR 21 also known as R V Gyre was the lead ship of Gyre class oceanographic research ship her class of oceanographic ... struck in 1992. Built at Moss Point, Mississippi Gyre was built in Moss Point, Mississippi , by Todd ... to the Navy 14 November 1973 and placed in service as USNS Gyre T AGOR 21 . University assignment Gyre was leased to the Texas A&M University School of Oceanography. History of operations There is no record ... R V Gyre DEFAULTSORT Gyre Category Gyre class oceanographic research ships Category Texas A&M University ... more details
NOTOC The South Pacific Gyre is the Earth s biggest system of rotating ocean currents, bounded by equator to the north, Australia to the west, the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to the south, and South America to the east. ref name life Lovell, Clare. Anybody home? Little response in Pacific floor. The America s Intelligence Wire 22 June 2009 n. pag. Web. 17 Oct. 2009. ref The center of the South Pacific Gyre is the site on Earth farthest from any continents and productive ocean regions and is regarded as Earth s largest oceanic desert ref name sediment cite journal last D Hondt first Steven, et al. date July 2009 journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States volume 11651 issue 6 url http www.sciencedaily.com releases 2009 06 090622171408.htm ref Sediment Flux and Accumulation Image South Pacific Gyre.png 250px thumb right The South Pacific Gyre. Earth s trade ... clockwise. The currents act to isolate the center of the gyre from nutrient upwelling and few nutrients ... Pacific Gyre, the sedimentation rate is convert 0.1 to 1 m ft 1 abbr on per million years. The sediment ... occurring closer to the center of the Gyre. The low flux of particles to the South Pacific Gyre cause ... releases 2009 06 090622171408.htm ref The South Pacific Gyre subseafloor community is also unusual ... leaving the deeper portions of the sediment column anoxic. However, in the South Pacific Gyre ... deep into the sediment of the South Pacific Gyre Biogeoscience Aug. 2009 1467 6 . http www.biogeosciences.net ... areas in the gyre are greener than the surrounding clear blue water, which is frequently interpreted ... Gyre contains these patches of green water, it has very little organism growth. Instead, some studies ... properties of the South Pacific Gyre remain largely unexplored. ref Claustre, Herve, and Stephane ... Oct. 2009. ref See also Oceanic gyre Pacific ocean References reflist Ocean Category Pacific Ocean Bold text Category Physical oceanography Category Ocean currents fr Gyre subtropical du Pacifique sud ... more details
Infobox comic book title Wikipedia WikiProject Comics title Batman The Widening Gyre image Batman The Widening Gyre variant cover .jpg imagesize default 250 caption Variant cover art for Batman The Widening Gyre 1 br art by Gene Ha schedule Monthly limited Y Superhero y publisher DC Comics startmo October startyr 2009 endmo endyr present issues 6 of 12 main char team Batman writers Kevin Smith artists pencillers Walt Flanagan inkers Art Thibert letterers Jared Fletcher colorists Art Lyon covers Bill Sienkiewicz editors Dan DiDio br Mike Marts br Janelle Siegel creative team month creative team year creators TPB Hardcover ISBN 1 4012 2875 5 subcat Batman limsub DC Comics sort Batman The Widening Gyre Batman The Widening Gyre is the title of a 12 issue comic book limited series starring Batman . The series is being written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Walt Flanagan . The first six issues were released August 2009 through July 2010 it is unknown when the remaining issues will be published. The title is a reference to the William Butler Yeats poem The Second Coming poem The Second Coming . Plot expand section date April 2011 This series finds Batman spending his nights fighting crime in Gotham City, while spending his days as Bruce Wayne romancing former girlfriend Silver St. Cloud , who attempts to teach him to be more trusting. Batman has a series of encounters with a new crime fighter, whom he eventually takes on as a new partner. The first volume ends with a cliffhanger to be resolved ... Gyre would be written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Walt Flanagan months earlier both ... The Widening Gyre miniseries, and I m stoned all the time when I m writing it. And, I swear, I ll ... paperback comics individual volumes The Widening Gyre collects The Widening Gyre 1 6, 200 pages ... References Reflist External links gcdb series id 38981 title Batman The Widening Gyre comicbookdb type title id 24999 title Batman The Widening Gyre Batman publications Kevin Smith Category Comics ... more details
allplot date June 2011 synthesis date June 2011 unreferenced date June 2011 File TheWideningGyre.jpg thumb right 1st edition publ. Delacorte Press The Widening Gyre disambiguation Gyre is a 1983 novel by Robert B. Parker , featuring his character of Spenser character Spenser . The title comes from the first line of W.B. Yeats poem The Second Coming poem The Second Coming . ref http www.potw.org archive potw351.html ref Story Spenser has to protect the image of Ronni Alexander, Congressman Meade Alexander s wife. The Congressman, who is running for senator, is being blackmailed, but is interested only in making sure that his wife suffers no setbacks because of the videotape. Spenser s efforts take him to Washington, where he narrows down the suspects to Gerry Broz, the Boston mobster Joe Broz s son, who is running a sex and drug racket, in which Mrs. Alexander had gotten filmed. Joe Brox has Congressman Alexander s rival, Robert Browne in his pocket, and intends to make sure that he wins over Alexander. Spenser finds out that Joe has no idea of his son s racket in Washington and uses this as leverage in order to get the tapes suppressed, managing to get shot in the leg in the course of the story. This book shows the first sighs of some distance between Spenser and Susan Silverman. Susan has been in Washington pursuing a Ph. D in Clinical Psychology, and Spenser gets scared of the loneliness that he feels without her. He also feels that she is conforming to every form of establishment that he hates. Paul Giacomin also plays a big role in this novel. He is shown to be a highly thoughtful young man who is wise beyond his age. Paul points out many things to Spenser about himself and his unbending code of ethics, and helps Spenser reach some sort of a resolution about Susan. References Reflist Robert Parker DEFAULTSORT Widening Gyre, The Category 1992 novels Category Spenser novel series crime novel stub ... more details
The North Pacific Gyre North Pacific Subtropical Gyre NPSG is the largest contiguous ecosystem on earth. In oceanography , a subtropical gyre is a ring like system of ocean current s rotating clockwise ... roles in carbon fixation and nutrient cycling ref name P9 Poretsky, 2009 ref . This particular gyre ... floating just below the surface in the center of the gyre. This area has recently received a lot of media ... Gyre History of discovery The NPSG is not often sampled because of its distance from the coast and its ... investigation of central gyre habitats. Over the past two decades these views have been ... weather patterns affect subregions differently, is due to the large dimensions of this gyre. ref name ... s. ref name K9 Climate patterns such as the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation NPGO , El Nino Southern ... that additional diversity exists in this habitat. Many microorganisms may exist in this gyre .... ref name K9 Eukaryotic plankton community Eukaryotic plankton in the gyre is dependent ... are that the gyre is characterized by low phosphate, but that the bloom region of the eastern NPSG has ... within or in and out of the gyre. Based on analyses of the zooplankton community, the Central North ... is the benthic community. At the depths of the gyre lies a sea floor of Granularity fine grained ... as a rain of productivity sinking from above. At depth under the gyre lies one of the most .... The eddy effects of the gyre serve to retain pollutants in its center. If a pollutant gets trapped in a current that is headed toward a gyre, it will stay there indefinitely or as long as the life of the pollutant ... forces debris into its central area. This phenomenon has recently given this gyre the nickname ... processes in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Journal of Geophysical Research . 112 1 14. DiLorenzo ..., H., Curchitser, E., Powell, T., and P. Riviere. 2008. North Pacific Gyre Oscillations links ocean ... Subtropical Gyre Historical perspective and recent observations. Progress in Oceanography. 76 2 38 ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article Batman The Widening Gyre Description Cover of Batman The Widening Gyre 1 August 2009 variant cover, art by Bill Sienkiewicz Source http dcu.blog.dccomics.com files 2009 08 bmwgy cv1 var copy.jpg Dccomics.com Portion Full front cover as published. Low resolution Yes Purpose For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article. Replaceability No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, a freely licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained. other information All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness es thereof are trademarks and copyright 2009 DC Comics, Inc. all rights reserved Licensing Non free comic ... more details
Antarctic gyre may refer to any of the three ocean current s and ocean gyre gyres within the Southern Ocean Antarctic Circumpolar Current , an ocean current circulating around Antarctica Ross Gyre , an oceanic gyre in the Ross Sea Weddell Gyre , an oceanic gyre in the Weddell Sea disambig hr Antarkti ki vrtlozi sr ... more details
Summary Non free use rationale Article The Widening Gyre novel Description 1st edition Source http www.fantasticfiction.co.uk edition ?isbn 0440087406 Portion front cover Low resolution yes Purpose to illustrate an article concerning the book in question Replaceability no other information Licensing Non free book cover ... more details
Sumario Information Description This oblique view of Hurricane Fefa shows the full extent of this storm with a cloud gyre several hundred miles in diameter and an elevated segment around the eye. The elevated segment bordering the eye indicates a tightly formed gyre with high internal wind speeds. At the time of this exposure, Fefa was located between the California coast and Hawaii. Fefa eventually dissipated at sea, failing to make landfall and thus did no property damage. Source http images.jsc.nasa.gov luceneweb caption direct.jsp?photoId STS043 74 005 here Date 1991 08 11 Author NASA Permission PD USGov NASA Copy to Wikimedia Commons bot Svenbot ... more details
Gyr or gyr can mean Phoenix Goodyear Airport IATA code GYR , an airport in Arizona, United States Gyrfalcon , a species of bird of prey Byr or Gyr, abbreviations for gigayear, i.e. a billion 10 sup 9 sup years Gyr cattle , an important Zebu breed of cattle See also GIR gyre gyro disambig de Gyr ... more details
Image KuroshioOyashio.jpg 250px thumb right The North Pacific Current. The North Pacific Current sometimes referred to as the North Pacific Drift is a slow warm water current that flows west to east between 40th parallel north 40 and 50th parallel north 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean . The current forms the southern part of the North Pacific Subpolar Gyre. The North Pacific Current is formed by the collision of the Kuroshio Current , running northward off the coast of Japan, and the Oyashio Current , which is a cold subarctic current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise along the western North Pacific Ocean. The North Pacific Current forms the northern part of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. In the eastern North Pacific, it splits into the southward California Current and the northward Alaska Current . clear External links http www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp KANKYO KAIYO qboc index E.html Quick Bulletin of Ocean Conditions around Japan Ocean Marine current stub Category Ocean currents et Vaikse ookeani P hjahoovus es Corriente del Pac fico Norte ko ja nn Nordstillehavsstraumen km ru sv Norra stillahavsstr mmen vi H i l u B c Th i B nh D ng zh ... more details
Notability date December 2010 The Yellow Thing is a double hulled floating vessel like a catamaran , used by Greenpeace to sample marine debris . As of 2006, its primary mission is to be used as a trawl for plastic samples in areas such as the Mediterranean Sea and the North Pacific Gyre . It is not self powered, rather it is towed via a ship attached boom as of 3 2006, it was being used on the MV Esperanza . It is also considered to be relatively stable as a marine vehicle. References http weblog.greenpeace.org oceandefenders archive 2006 03 marine debris sampler.html What is the Yellow Thing? http news.yahoo.com s nm 20061105 sc nm environment plastic dc Reuters report on Greenpeace trawling study Greenpeace ship stub Category Catamarans Category Greenpeace ships ... more details
know who the other is Gyre, aware of the prince s quest, takes advantage of the confused situation ... business he has with Gyre, Sidonie brings Ronan back from his wanderings and brings peace to both ... more details
Song of the Arkafina is a four volume work of fantasy by England English author Suzanne Francis . The books were published in Ebook format in 2007 2008 by Mushroom Publishing ref http www.mushroom ebooks.com titles.html ref and later in paperback by Bladud Books. Description The books tell the life story of Katrione Estelle du Chesne. ref http suzannefrancis.wordpress.com song of the arkafina ref Heart of Hythea begins with her childhood and career as an apprentice healer of the Unity of Lalluna ref Heart of Hythea, Bladud Books, 2008 ref . The books are set in an imaginary sphere called Yrth that is ruled by a race of immortals called the Amaranthine. Katrione, her daughter Gwenn Faircrow, and granddaughter Myriadne Svalbarad play key roles, in the battle between the Amaranthine and their enemies, the Dark Angellus, which continues through all four books. ref http suzannefrancis.wordpress.com song of the arkafina ref Song of the Arkafina comprises the following four books Volume One Heart of Hythea br Volume Two Ketha s Daughter br Volume Three Dawnmaid br Volume Four Beyond the Gyre br The Divinatory Systems Each book in Song of the Arkafina features one of four imaginary fortune telling system devised by the author. ref http suzannefrancis.wordpress.com song of the arkafina ref The characters in Heart of Hythea use the Luckcast, a deck of 60 cards divided into three estates ref Heart of Hythea, Bladud Books, 2008 ref . In Ketha s Daughter, the sea faring race called the Fynara call on the Linnun, a series of stones with images of water in its differing forms. ref Ketha s Daughter, Bladud Books, 2009 ref The Firaithi, a traveling people, use the octahedron octahedral Triske Stones to practice lithomancy in Dawnmaid . ref Dawnmaid, Bladud 2009 ref In Beyond the Gyre , the Angellus, also known as the Irais, use tokens representing the leaf leaves of different species of tree trees . These are called The Folium. ref Beyond the Gyre, Mushroom Publishing, 2008 ref Refe ... more details
Image Oceanic gyres.png thumb right 250px The five major ocean gyre s. The North Atlantic Garbage Patch is an area of marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre , originally documented in 1972. ref cite journal last1 Carpenter first1 E.J. first2 K.L. last2 Smith Jr. year 1972 title Plastics on the Sargasso Sea Surface, in Science volume 175 pages 1240 1241 url http www.sciencemag.org content 175 4027 1240.abstract issue 4027 ref The patch is estimated to be hundreds of kilometers across in size, ref name Perthnow1 http www.perthnow.com.au news breaking news scientists study huge ocean garbage patch story e6frg13l 1225757854465 Scientists study huge ocean garbage patch ref with a density of over 200,000 pieces of debris per square kilometer. ref name Perthnow2 http www.perthnow.com.au news special features scientists find giant plastic rubbish dump floating in the atlantic story e6frg19l 1225834601587 Scientists find giant plastic rubbish dump floating in the Atlantic ref ref http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 8534052.stm Plastic rubbish blights Atlantic Ocean ref The debris zone shifts by as much as convert 1600 km mi abbr on north and south seasonally, and drifts even farther south during the El Ni o Southern Oscillation , according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA . ref name Perthnow1 Research To study the scale of the marine debris accumulation in the area, the Sea Education Society SEA has been doing extensive research on the Atlantic Garbage Patch. Nearly 7,000 students from the SEA semester program have been dragging 6,100 fine mesh nets through the Atlantic over 22 years. The gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean contains plastic marine pollution in a pattern and amount similar to what has been found in the Great Pacific ... Garbage Patch Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre References reflist 2 External links ... pa n 538514.html Atlantic Garbage Patch Pacific Gyre Is Not Alone http www.huffingtonpost.com stiv ... more details
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