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A Rip Current On the Shore
Not all currents occur at such a large scale. Individual beaches may have rip...
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The Salt Pans
The Mediterranean is super salty due to intense evaporation. Here, locals in...
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The Ekman Spiral
As wind blows over the surface layer of water, friction between the two pulls the...
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Surface Currents
This is a map ocean surface currents from 1877. ...
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Thermohaline Circulation Map
Differences in temperature and salinity drive deep ocean currents. ...
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Wind Patterns Drive Currents
The major wind patterns drive oceanic currents. ...
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Visualizing Currents
Currents on the ocean surface are driven by wind, temperature, gravity, and the...
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SCOPE Buoys Help Track Oil
A boat full of SCOPE drifters waits to release small, biodegradable buoys that will...
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Tracking CARTHE Drifters
Drifters deployed into the Gulf of Mexico sent location information back to...
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Inuit Soapstone Pot
For over a decade, Smithsonian Arctic Archaeologists have been investigating an...
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Ancient Maritime Archaic Indian Point
Smithsonian surveys along the lower north shore of Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada...
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