Tides and the Climate: Some Speculations

Moon, tides and climate

1 by laser reflectors left there by astronauts. What does this motion have to do with the ocean circulation? By Kepler's laws, the recession implies that there is a continuing loss of energy in the Earth–Moon system of 3 ǂ10 12 watts, or 3 terawatts, mostly in the ocean. But where in the ocean does this energy go, and what are its effects? On page 775 of this issue, Egbert and Ray 2 produce evi...

Electrolocation in the platypus--some speculations.

In the platypus, electroreceptors are located in rostro-caudal rows in skin of the bill, while mechanoreceptors are uniformly distributed across the bill. The electrosensory area of the cerebral cortex is contained within the tactile somatosensory area, and some cortical cells receive input from both electroreceptors and mechanoreceptors, suggesting a close association between the tactile and e...

Some Speculations About "The Great Nicaraguan Lake"

Some speculations on the myeloproliferative syndromes.

Some Speculations on the Myeloproliferative Syndromes W ITH ACCUMULATING EXI ERIENCE, it becomes more and more evident that the bone marrow cells-enythrobhasts, granulocytes, megakar-vocvtes-often proliferate en masse or as a unit i-ather than as single elements. Thus, heukocytosis an(h thIOml)OcytOsis, as well as reticuhocytosis occur not only in 1)enign reversible cond!itions such as hemorrha...

Drug innovation and public policy: some speculations.