Earth’s water is a dynamic system. There’s a lot of energy going through it and that energy moves the water. For instance at the surface, wind pushes on the water and causes waves to roll around.
Earth’s water is a dynamic system. There’s a lot of energy going through it and that energy moves the water. For instance, at the surface, wind acts on the water and causes waves to roll around. This is how ocean currents are caused for instance. These systems are so large that the ocean currents in turn affect the weather and climate around the planet as the currents transport heat and cold.
And even gravity has an effect. The moon’s gravity is what causes the tides. As the moon orbits the Earth, its gravitational pull acts on different parts of the Earth’s oceans, causing the tides to come in and go out.
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