acts like a giant whirlpool that can trap such debris, creating the ecological nightmare that is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It is a danger to sea life, and mankind. Marine life can be ...

Scientists at the University of Sydney in Australia believe the red planet's tug is creating "giant whirlpools" in the oceans called eddies, which can shift the deep-sea floor. This, they claim ...

A giant whirlpool, spanning hundreds of kilometres ... When studying the 2021 South China Sea whirlpool, the Chinese scientists discovered an exceptionally complex structure inside.

A descent into the maelstrom     There is a short story written in 1841 by Edgar Allen Poe called “A Descent into the Maelstrom.” It tells the tale of a mariner at sea caught in a giant whirlpool.