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Solving A Centuries Old Maritime Mystery

2025/6/2
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Justin Hudson: 我主要研究了乳状海现象,这是一个长期存在的海洋谜团。通过收集过去400年的航海记录和卫星图像,我建立了一个数据库,旨在揭示乳状海的成因。许多早期的记录被认为是不可靠的,但随着时间的推移,来自海军和商业船只的报告变得更加可信。尽管如此,我们对乳状海的了解仍然有限,因为它们发生在偏远地区,难以进行科学研究。我对前人研究的数据库丢失感到惋惜,并希望通过我的工作能够推动这一领域的发展。虽然早期的观察者已经意识到微生物可能是乳状海的原因,但我们至今未能完全解开这个谜团,这既令人印象深刻,也令人沮丧。 Stephen Miller: 我认为乳状海的研究需要多学科的合作。目前,我们主要假设乳状海是由哈维氏弧菌引起的,这种细菌在达到一定密度时会发光。这种发光可能是一种吸引捕食者的策略,使细菌能够回到其理想的生存环境——生物的肠道中。然而,这仍然只是一个假说,我们需要更多的证据来验证。为了更好地研究乳状海,我们正在建立一个数据库,并结合卫星图像等工具,以便实时监测和采样。乳状海的形成可能与地球系统的多个方面有关,例如海面温度、风向和洋流。通过研究这些因素之间的关系,我们可以更深入地了解乳状海的成因,并揭示地球系统运作的奥秘。我对乳状海现象的兴趣在于其复杂性和跨学科性,它连接了生物、化学和物理等多个领域。

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For hundreds of years sailors have told stories about miles of glowing ocean during moonless nights. This phenomenon is known as "milky seas," but the only scientific sample was collected in 1985. So atmospheric scientist Justin Hudson), a PhD candidate at University of Colorado, used accounts spanning 400 years to create a database of milky seas. By also using satellite images to visually confirm the tales, Justin hopes his research brings us one step closer to unraveling this maritime mystery. *Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at plus.npr.org/shortwave).Got a question about a scientific mystery? Let us know at [email protected]). *Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)