The Coriolis effect happens because of the Earth’s rotation. This force makes things travel in a curve rather than a straight line. In the northern hemisphere, things deflect to the right, and in the ...

Do you know what causes wind? Well, broadly speaking it’s the sun... but more specifically, how the sun unevenly heats the Earth’s surface. That leads to areas of high and low pressure forming, and in ...

The quasi-geostrophic equations are a cornerstone in the mathematical modelling of large-scale geophysical flows, where the balance between pressure gradients and the Coriolis effect is paramount.

Solar physicists have revealed how swirling plasma flows around sunspots 1, sculpted by the same Coriolis force that drives Earth's weather systems, shape the Sun’s rotation just beneath its surface.