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Dear ted-ed, your videos are always so smart and entertaining. The best part is, they aren't so lengthy as lectures and they do make us more knowledgable in just 5 minutes. Please keep it up!
What a great explanation! I am doing Marine Biology and Oceanography and this video covers a lot of what we are taught in the first year, but in less than 5 minutes!
Great video. Would request you to make some more on topics such as El Nino and La Nina effect, Milankovitch cycles, Madden Julian Oscillation, Atlantic Multi Decadal Oscillation....ocean stuff. More generally, Physical World Geography. Thanks in anticipation!
The amount of illustrative effort in this video is amazing. An example is how is shows the Coriolis Effect - First the arrows only move up and the Earth starts spinning and the arrows change to their corresponding directions. Clearly a large amount of dedication was inputted to having the viewer understand as intuitively as possible, superb job.
I can really understand the concept you are teaching. This helped me a lot during my assignment scheduled week. I hope you may use your creativity for the beneficial needs like us. Keep it up😊
Is it true that salinity is higher in cold water? When I look at salinity maps it does not seem like the poles have more salt that the equator. What other factors influence it?
Near the poles, the water freezes making glaciers while the salt is left behind. Since the water is trapped and salt is left behind in whatever water there is, the water gains density as the ratio of salt particles to water is higher Therefore less dense water rises to the surface and the salt filled water sinks. (the less dense water also has salt ofc)
Has anyone ever thought about using ocean current to drive electrical or nuclear generator turbines? Massive turbines could utilize the unprecedented power of ocean currents to produce excessive quantities of energy. I imagine that an especially large turbine positioned in the Gulf of Mexico would be able to power the south eastern seaboard all by itself.
I'd imagine sheer size presents a challenging limiting factor. Most of our hydroelectricity today depends on gravity pulling water downslope, and in addition the corrosive power of saltwater will add to maintenance. And with climate change, ocean currents are predicted to be less stable and reliable. Largely due to changes in vertical currents in the ocean that lead to less variation in surface sea temperature.
1:56 is wrong because in northern hemisphere it moves in counter clockwise and in Southern Hemisphere vice versa but you said it opposite. This force is called Coriolis force or Ferrell law
Bro u made my day ..I couldnt even understood Wats the elnino la nino ...because of u I understood ocean currents ...so deep ocean currents are traveling all around the world
Thanks for the call back to another one of our animations, Steve Schultz! If anyone wants to check it out, here it is: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cURn__xlWXk.html
Ocean currents does not require Coriolis effect to work. Without it they would probably be different than they are now but they still would exist plus they are not completely researched and known so it's hard to find a proof that earth is round because they are the way they are now and not the other way. For example we don't even know how ocean currents would go on flat Earth and that only shows that we don't understand them good enough.
Does anybody know whose voice it is ? I really like it and find it soothing. Thank you Ted-Ed for making these awesome videos about so many different subjects ! Entertaining and full of knowledge.
