A new map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration makes it possible to visualize the speed and direction of the Great Lakes' currents right from your computer. The swirling animation ...
The first thing to keep in mind is that ocean currents are very thin compared to the diameter of Earth. They’re only about four kilometers (13,000 feet) deep at most, and surface currents can be just ...
A NASA animation shows how ocean currents silently snake and swirl around the planet over the course of two and a half years, and in doing so reveals how science makes art and vice versa. Fluid white ...