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Currents are relatively unrelated to tides, and are fairly consistent over time (with some seasonal variation due to differences in hemispheric temperatures).
by sandpaper26 4y ago
Currents are relatively unrelated to tides, and are fairly consistent over time (with some seasonal variation due to differences in hemispheric temperatures).
From [1], "the large scale prevailing winds drive major persistent ocean currents..." Keyword is persistent.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_current
- salawat 4y agoEverything is fairly consistent until you monitor it 24/7, and put a bunch of junk in the way to extract meaningful work. That's when life starts taking on a surprising level of detail that no one ever stared long enough to notice before.
- stjohnswarts 4y agoI imagine that's one goal of the project? I can't imagine that there hasn't been a shit ton of experiments with "deep" sea currents before this power experiment. I mean it's dead obvious and they wouldn't have ponied up the cash for this if ocean currents were all over the place.