Story: Ocean currents and tides
Changes in the ocean’s surface roughness, detected in this satellite image, show large internal wave fronts approaching the Poor Knights Islands, off the north-east coast of the North Island. Internal waves occur along the boundary of warm and cool bodies of water.
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