@mbforrgis: Every map has to cut the globe somewhere. This one cuts through the land. Credit to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute for the map animations. #maps #geography #oceans #currents #cartography

Lycophyte :

still cuts through the ocean at the bearing strait, though

Martin :

I've seen the map used as a context of a fishes world.... this is way cooler though

Thomas Hill :

Our oceans move more energy than any other natural force in the world. Weather, rainfall, climate change all hinge on the circulation of the sea. Fun fact, theres 50X more carbon dioxide in the oceans than the atmosphere. Huge undercurrents that haven't seen the surface for a millenia occasionally shift and suddenly the winds change with it.

Troy :

what's going on with that current?

ValidatingUsername :

But we need a rectangular version of it that keeps all land relatively equally distorted but the water takes on all the distortions...

MissatheJerk :

I learned something new!! cool!

dmorto24 :

26,000 yrs of current from melted water at the North Pole to South Africa

larissa :

This is so cool

with_Impunity☯ :

Nessa :

I love playing on the NOAA SOS app and rotating the planet to just watch it.

Angumbwike :

🙏🙏🙏