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What Drives Ocean Currents?
Students will gain an understanding of how water density and salinity affect ocean...
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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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Low Tide
As the tide recedes moored boats are left to sit in the muddy sand. ...
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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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The Borer of Holes
These clams (Pholas dactylus) are dazzling to see. From their encased homes,...
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The Loco of Chile
The loco (Concholepas concholepas, often called the Chilean abalone, although it...
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