Global map of ocean currents. In this data visualisation currents are colour-coded by speed, with dark blue the slowest, through cyan and green to yellow and red (fastest). Ocean currents are typically driven by surface wind, and can have a huge impact on climate. Northwest Europe is temperate for its latitude because of the Gulf Stream, flowing from the Caribbean to Great Britain and Ireland. Also prominent are the westward-flowing equatorial currents, and the eastward-flowing current around Antarctica, which attains high speed as it is uninterrupted by land for the entire circuit of the Earth at that latitude. | |
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