Alkaline tide is a temporary increase in urine alkalinity and blood pH after eating due to stomach acid entering the stomach. Prolonged vomiting can lead to a more pronounced effect. Parietal cells in the stomach cause the tide by exchanging bicarbonate for chloride ions. The body neutralizes the tide through the pancreatic duct. Scientists use […]
Neap tides are low high tides or low tidal intervals between low and high tides, occurring during the first and third quarters of the moon. Spring tides are strong tides that are either extremely high or very low, occurring when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in syzygy. The topography of the Earth affects the […]
