date:Aug 29, 2014
tributed to wave action, but the researchers' findings indicate that even in a flat calm the oil can gradually filter down into the water because of tiny bubbles.
Bubbles are used to make foams and are part of common gas-liquid processes used in chemical processing, Stone said. But bubbles also occur in lakes, rivers and oceans because of wave breaking and rain. As a consequence, bubbles can impact many systems.
The researchers said that bubbling also might play a role in a critical system in