Talk:Pacific white line

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Visibility from space

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I don't have access to the cited source that says this phenomenon is visible from space, but the comparison to the Great Wall of China is dubious; its own article cites several sources that seem to confirm that that structure is not visible from space. B7T (talk) 15:00, 17 November 2009 (UTC)Reply

While this phenomenon has undoubtably been observed (and I uploaded a picture of it from space yesterday), there is little evidence to suggest that it is notable. The phenomenon is described or discussed in only two papers, and the term "Pacific white line" appears to have been coined by the author of the book that is the only cited source. In fact, while fronts like this would be more common in the Equatorial Pacific, I would expect them to periodically exist in any ocean. I would recommend that the verfiable content here be moved into a larger article about oceanic fronts. Eaghassi (talk) 21:41, 7 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

Please see Col. Chris Hadfield's Facebook page. He is a Canadian astronaut currently on-board the International Space Station. He posted a photo of the Pacific White Line from space, and is visible as of March 5, 2013. http://www.facebook.com/AstronautChrisHadfield?ref=stream — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.185.220.136 (talk) 15:40, 5 March 2013 (UTC)Reply

This entire article is written very informally, and cites only one significant source. The line about 50% of the Pacific fish catch is especially dubious - I suggest more verification be found. The line about an "unnamed ocean explorer" sets off alarm bells.Ivvavik (talk) 02:33, 17 August 2021 (UTC)Reply

Publication

see Mei Sato, John A. Barth, Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Stephen D. Pierce, Timothy J. Cowles, Richard D. Brodeur, William T. Peterson: Coastal upwelling fronts as a boundary for planktivorous fish distributions. In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2018, S. 171–186, doi:10.3354/meps12553.

Breyanne Bautista has a Blog-Article on this in his "Communicating Science": “Mystery Behind the Pacific White Line Solved!" 2019, April 4th

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