The Coriolis effect, caused by Earth's rotation, deflects winds and currents, shaping global weather patterns, storm paths, and ocean flows across both hemispheres. The post Coriolis Effect Steers ...

Everything that moves over the surface of the earth-water, air, animals, machines and projectiles-sidles to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left in the Southern ...

The water in the Northern Hemisphere rotates counterclockwise in one video but clockwise in another video. If the rotation were due to the Coriolis effect, the result would be the same in both videos.

At the same time, Earth's rotation makes air masses move toward and away from the poles because of the Coriolis effect ... in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Wind moves the surface waters by friction, but away from the equator the Coriolis effect ... Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The main subtropical gyres flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere ...