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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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Petrel Bones Help Us Understand History
400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones...
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ARMS Deployment from a Submarine
Submarine pilot Bruce Brandt secures ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures)...
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Deploying ARMS in the Deep Reef
Deploying ARMS (Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structures) is tricky in the deep sea,...
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An ROV Explores the Baltic Sea
The Hanse Explorer crew used a remotely operated underwater vehicle, or ROV,...
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