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a rip current along a beach with a pier
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A Rip Current On the Shore

Not all currents occur at such a large scale. Individual beaches may have rip...
shallow pans carved out of the sea coast create many pools with a seascape in the background
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The Salt Pans

The Mediterranean is super salty due to intense evaporation. Here, locals in...
arrows represent water movement
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The Ekman Spiral

As wind blows over the surface layer of water, friction between the two pulls the...
an older map shows ocean surface currents using arrows
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Surface Currents

This is a map ocean surface currents from 1877. ...
a ribbon on the globe represents oceanic currents
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Thermohaline Circulation Map

Differences in temperature and salinity drive deep ocean currents. ...
a map of the globe that includes major wind patterns
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Wind Patterns Drive Currents

The major wind patterns drive oceanic currents. ...
a map of North America with the swirling tides
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Visualizing Currents

Currents on the ocean surface are driven by wind, temperature, gravity, and the...
400 to 1,000 year old bones from an endangered seabird, the Hawaiian petrel. Bones such as these provide a window into the lives of seabirds before and after human arrival in the open ocean environments of the North Pacific.
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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...
Illustration of eddy fields in the Atlantic Ocean
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Robot Explores Ocean Eddies

The first unmanned, underwater robot or glider Scarlet Knight maneuvers through the...
The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while crossing “La Grande Mer du Sud”—the Pacific Ocean.
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Pacific Ocean Currents

The arrows show the direction of ocean currents recorded by William Dampier while...
Hurricane Wind Pattern in Gulf of Mexico
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NOAA's Real Time Weather Mapping

A screen capture from NOAA's NowCoast website which displays real-time weather...
The robotic arm of the ROV Quest finds life at an undersea vent.
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Studying Hydrothermal Vent Life

Census researchers manipulate the robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle...

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