#tradewinds — Public Fediverse posts
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This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #ColdAndIce. Here's what I came up with:
Earl Gaines: From Warm to Cool to Cold (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZXvHc43mMMThe Adorables: Deep Freeze (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4kuyXNjNZcThe Angels: Snowflakes and Teardrops (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYJPKwg6rPsThe Trade Winds: New York's a Lonely Town (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7FK9SUY00The Beach Girls: Skiing In the Snow (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xAnJC_Jmus#EarlGaines #Adorables #Angels #TradeWinds #BeachGirls #surfmusic #girlgroups
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This week's #ThursdayFiveList theme is #ColdAndIce. Here's what I came up with:
Earl Gaines: From Warm to Cool to Cold (1970)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZXvHc43mMMThe Adorables: Deep Freeze (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4kuyXNjNZcThe Angels: Snowflakes and Teardrops (1964)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYJPKwg6rPsThe Trade Winds: New York's a Lonely Town (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ7FK9SUY00The Beach Girls: Skiing In the Snow (1965)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xAnJC_Jmus#EarlGaines #Adorables #Angels #TradeWinds #BeachGirls #surfmusic #girlgroups
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Coriolis Effect ✍️
It explains why objects moving across a rotating world seem to curve from their straight path, even when no visible force pushes them sideways. Imagine throwing a ball straight across a spinning merry-go-round. To someone standing still outside, the ball travels in a straight line. But to someone riding the spinning platform, the ball appears to bend away from its path.
The same thing happens on Earth because our planet is constantly rotating beneath everything that moves. Air currents, ocean flows, and even long-range projectiles travel over a surface that is turning while they move. This creates the illusion of a sideways force, known as the Coriolis effect.
In the Northern Hemisphere, moving objects appear to bend to the right, while in the Southern Hemisphere they bend to the left. The effect grows stronger over larger distances and faster motions, but becomes almost unnoticeable in small, everyday movements.
Scientists use this effect to understand the spinning of hurricanes, the paths of trade winds, and the circulation of oceans. It reveals that motion is not always as simple as it seems when the ground beneath us is constantly in motion itself.
#CoriolisEffect #EarthScience #Physics #ScienceFacts #Geography #Meteorology #ClimateScience #Atmosphere #OceanCurrents #WeatherScience #Hurricanes #TradeWinds #PlanetEarth #EarthRotation #ScienceEducation #STEM #LearnScience #ScientificKnowledge #ScienceExplained #NatureOfScience #PhysicalGeography #FluidDynamics #EarthSystems #ScienceLovers #DidYouKnow #EducationalContent #KnowledgeSharing #CuriousMinds #ScienceCommunication #ExploreScience
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Coriolis Effect ✍️
It explains why objects moving across a rotating world seem to curve from their straight path, even when no visible force pushes them sideways. Imagine throwing a ball straight across a spinning merry-go-round. To someone standing still outside, the ball travels in a straight line. But to someone riding the spinning platform, the ball appears to bend away from its path.
The same thing happens on Earth because our planet is constantly rotating beneath everything that moves. Air currents, ocean flows, and even long-range projectiles travel over a surface that is turning while they move. This creates the illusion of a sideways force, known as the Coriolis effect.
In the Northern Hemisphere, moving objects appear to bend to the right, while in the Southern Hemisphere they bend to the left. The effect grows stronger over larger distances and faster motions, but becomes almost unnoticeable in small, everyday movements.
Scientists use this effect to understand the spinning of hurricanes, the paths of trade winds, and the circulation of oceans. It reveals that motion is not always as simple as it seems when the ground beneath us is constantly in motion itself.
#CoriolisEffect #EarthScience #Physics #ScienceFacts #Geography #Meteorology #ClimateScience #Atmosphere #OceanCurrents #WeatherScience #Hurricanes #TradeWinds #PlanetEarth #EarthRotation #ScienceEducation #STEM #LearnScience #ScientificKnowledge #ScienceExplained #NatureOfScience #PhysicalGeography #FluidDynamics #EarthSystems #ScienceLovers #DidYouKnow #EducationalContent #KnowledgeSharing #CuriousMinds #ScienceCommunication #ExploreScience
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Hawaii Trade Winds Explained: Why One Side of Each Island Is Wet and the Other Is Dry https://www.hawaii-guide.com/blog/hawaii-trade-winds-visitor-guide?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Hawaii #TradeWinds #TravelTips #HawaiiIslands #Windward
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Upwelling Failure [2025, Gulf of Panama]
For the first time since records began, the cold, nutrient-rich waters of the Gulf of Panama failed to emerge
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https://stri.si.edu/story/upwelling-failure <-- shared @Smithsonianmag technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122 <-- shared paper
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#GulfofPanama #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #nutrients #upwelling #seasonalupwelling #ecosystem #fisheries #productivity #economics #foodsecurity #humanimpacts #communities #earthobservation #marine #ocean #climatechange #tropical #climate #LaNiña #sampling #cooling #temperature #watertemperature #coral #ecology #coast #coastal #marineenvironment #oceangraphy #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #SmithsonianTropicalResearchInstitute #STRI #coralreefs #wind #windpatterns #tradewinds #atmosphere #oceanicprocesses #Panama
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Upwelling Failure [2025, Gulf of Panama]
For the first time since records began, the cold, nutrient-rich waters of the Gulf of Panama failed to emerge
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https://stri.si.edu/story/upwelling-failure <-- shared @Smithsonianmag technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2512056122 <-- shared paper
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#GulfofPanama #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #nutrients #upwelling #seasonalupwelling #ecosystem #fisheries #productivity #economics #foodsecurity #humanimpacts #communities #earthobservation #marine #ocean #climatechange #tropical #climate #LaNiña #sampling #cooling #temperature #watertemperature #coral #ecology #coast #coastal #marineenvironment #oceangraphy #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #model #modeling #SmithsonianTropicalResearchInstitute #STRI #coralreefs #wind #windpatterns #tradewinds #atmosphere #oceanicprocesses #Panama
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In 2025, for the first time in recorded history, there was no upwelling in the Bay of Panama. Normally, trade winds disturb the warm top layer of the sea, allowing cold water to bring up nutrients from the depths. Last year the bay didn't breathe.
#climatechange
#tropics
#tradewinds
https://stri.si.edu/story/upwelling-failure -
In 2025, for the first time in recorded history, there was no upwelling in the Bay of Panama. Normally, trade winds disturb the warm top layer of the sea, allowing cold water to bring up nutrients from the depths. Last year the bay didn't breathe.
#climatechange
#tropics
#tradewinds
https://stri.si.edu/story/upwelling-failure -
Trade Market, Not Free Agency, Is Most Likely Path to a Cubs Splash at Winter Meetings https://www.rawchili.com/mlb/468663/ #AlexBregman #Baseball #BostonRedSox #Chicago #ChicagoCubs #ChicagoCubs #Cubs #EugenioSuarez #FreeAgency #JesseRogers #KyleSchwarber #KyleTucker #MLB #PeteAlonso #PhiladelphiaPhillies #TradeMarket #TradeWinds #WinterMeetings #ZacGallen
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CW: An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists
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Each year between January and April, a blob of cold water rises from the depths of the #GulfOfPanama to the surface, playing an essential role in supporting #marine life in the region. But this year, it never arrived.
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When the #tradeWinds reach the Gulf of Panama they push hot surface water away from the coast, which makes room for cold water to rise from the deep.
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#upwelling #coldBlob
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/climate/pacific-cold-water-upwelling.html -
CW: An Annual Blast of Pacific Cold Water Did Not Occur, Alarming Scientists
“
Each year between January and April, a blob of cold water rises from the depths of the #GulfOfPanama to the surface, playing an essential role in supporting #marine life in the region. But this year, it never arrived.
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When the #tradeWinds reach the Gulf of Panama they push hot surface water away from the coast, which makes room for cold water to rise from the deep.
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#upwelling #coldBlob
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/climate/pacific-cold-water-upwelling.html -
#US wind generation fell in #2023 for the first time since the 1990s
#EIA’s “#PowerPlant Operations Report” show that US wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235GWh – 2.1% less than the 434,297GWh generated in 2022.
EIA attributed the drop to slower wind speeds than normal in 2023, especially during the first half of the year, when wind generation dropped by 14% compared with 1H 2022. The #ElNiño #climate pattern, which weakens #tradewinds, definitely had a hand in that.
https://electrek.co/2024/04/30/us-wind-generation-2023/ -
#US wind generation fell in #2023 for the first time since the 1990s
#EIA’s “#PowerPlant Operations Report” show that US wind generation in 2023 totaled 425,235GWh – 2.1% less than the 434,297GWh generated in 2022.
EIA attributed the drop to slower wind speeds than normal in 2023, especially during the first half of the year, when wind generation dropped by 14% compared with 1H 2022. The #ElNiño #climate pattern, which weakens #tradewinds, definitely had a hand in that.
https://electrek.co/2024/04/30/us-wind-generation-2023/ -
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In 1735 George Hadley published his theory of the causes of the trade winds, involving heat at the equator and the rotation of the earth. #Poetry #Science #History #Atmosphere #Tradewinds #Hadley (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1735t.html)
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In 1735 George Hadley published his theory of the causes of the trade winds, involving heat at the equator and the rotation of the earth. #Poetry #Science #History #Atmosphere #Tradewinds #Hadley (https://sharpgiving.com/thebookofscience/items/p1735t.html)