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ReviewNature communications2026

Climatic reach of small-scale turbulence in the ocean interior.

Laura Cimoli, Ali Mashayek, Alberto C Naveira Garabato, Colm-Cille P Caulfield, Matthew H Alford, Lois Baker, B B Cael, Bieito Fernández Castro, Casimir de Lavergne, Elizabeth Ellison and 22 more

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Review in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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32 authors.

Laura Cimoli *University of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, UK. lc929@cam.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0720-8985
Ali Mashayek *University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, UK.
Alberto C Naveira GarabatoUniversity of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, UK.
Colm-Cille P CaulfieldUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, UK.
Matthew H AlfordUniversity of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-0737
Lois BakerUniversity of Edinburgh, School of Mathematics and Maxwell Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Edinburgh, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2678-3691
B B CaelUniversity of Chicago, Department of Geophysical Sciences, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1317-5718
Bieito Fernández CastroUniversity of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7797-854X
Casimir de LavergneSorbonne Université-CNRS-IRD-MNHN, Laboratoire LOCEAN, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9267-7390
Elizabeth EllisonAustralian National University, Research School of Earth Sciences, Canberra, ACT, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4087-8251
Geoffrey GebbieWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA.
Jonathan GulaUniversity of Brest, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Physique et Spatiale (LOPS), IUEM, Plouzané, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0876-9557
Patrick HeimbachUniversity of Texas at Austin, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Austin, TX, USA.
Joshua LanhamUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-0705-2012
Arnaud Le BoyerUniversity of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1904-1895
Kate OglethorpeUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, UK.
W Richard PeltierUniversity of Toronto, Department of Physics, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Helen R PillarUniversity of Texas at Austin, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Austin, TX, USA.
Alexander M PiotrowskiUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1040-8662
Sarah G PurkeyUniversity of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1893-6224
Nick ReynardUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, UK.
Emily ShuckburghUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Computer Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9206-3444
Martin J SiegertUniversity of Exeter, Exeter, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-4806
Alessandro SilvanoUniversity of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6441-1496
Luke C SkinnerUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-0244
Carl P SpingysNational Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK.
Lynne D TalleyUniversity of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1574-729X
John R TaylorUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1292-3756
Gunnar VoetUniversity of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1975-186X
Richard G WilliamsUniversity of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3180-7558
Chris WilsonNational Oceanography Centre, Liverpool, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0891-2912
Bethan L Wynne-CattanachUniversity of Cambridge, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4960-2419

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) 101169952National Science Foundation (NSF) OCE-185077National Science Foundation (NSF) OCE-202354National Science Foundation (NSF) OCE-2103049National Science Foundation (NSF) s OCE-1029268 and OCE-165779RCUK | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) EP/X028135/1RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/V011464/1RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/V014285/1RCUK | Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) NE/W009501/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small-scale turbulent mixing in the ocean interior is vital in governing ocean circulation and tracer distributions, and hence global climate. However, the planetary extent of this role and its dependence on the microphysics of mixing remain inadequately understood. Here, we emphasize the variety of spatio-temporal scales on which such interior turbulent mixing can shape the climate system. In addition to its well-established role in facilitating the equilibration of deep branches of ocean circulation on centennial-to-millennial timescales, interior turbulent mixing is a leading determinant of oceanic tracer budgets on timescales as short as sub-annual. We highlight the importance of the co-dependence of vertical (diapycnal) mixing and lateral (isopycnal) stirring in establishing the large-scale impacts of oceanic turbulence. We conclude with a summary of theoretical, observational and computational bottlenecks in the way of a sufficiently accurate representation of mixing in Earth System Models, and discuss emerging opportunities for making progress in these areas.

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