An example of simile used in science communication
"You could think of it as kind of the heartbeat of the world because most of the world's oceans' water passes through the Southern Ocean."
Prof. Steven L. Chown, Professor of Biological Sciences at Monash University, Melbourne and Director of Australian Research Council Special Research Initiative Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, was speaking on and episode ('Should Antarctica be off limits?') of BBC Inside Science.
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