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Robotic Ocean Explorer
This is the world’s first unmanned, underwater robot—or “glider”—to cross......![a rip current along a beach with a pier](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/NOAA_Currents_Rip2.jpg.webp?itok=zxln9SzC)
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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](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/SlatPansFlickr.jpg.webp?itok=yiGEmMEg)
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The Salt Pans
The Mediterranean is super salty due to intense evaporation. Here, locals in......![arrows represent water movement](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/ekman_spiralNOAA.gif.webp?itok=UdpgjN7F)
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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](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/SurfaceCurrentsWiki.jpg.webp?itok=o2RewTpm)
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Surface Currents
This is a map ocean surface currents from 1877. ......![a ribbon on the globe represents oceanic currents](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/ThermohalineNASA.jpg.webp?itok=Cp_GL9-z)
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