Neutrino research uncovers Mediterranean vortices

Chains of marine vortices have been discovered for the first time in the eastern Mediterranean by an Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare [INFN] neutrino research project. This unexpected observation, which is relevant to studies of climate change in the Mediterranean Sea, is described in a paper published in the online journal Nature Communications last month.

The vortices were uncovered by the Neutrino Mediterranean Observatory [NEMO] project…