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0:01
IT'S HUGE! SALTY!
0:06
IT HAS ENORMOUS CURRENTS -- RIVERS OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH WATER!
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COME ON! [ SPROING ]
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♪ BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY ♪ BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY. BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! BILL! ♪ BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY ♪ SCIENCE RULES. ♪ BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY ♪ INERTIA IS A PROPERTY OF MATTER. BILL, BILL, BILL, BILL, BILL, BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY.
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BILL! BILL! BILL! T MINUS 7 SECONDS. BILL! BILL! BILL! ♪ BILL NYE, THE SCIENCE GUY ♪ Announcer: BROUGHT TO YOU BY...SALT! AND BY...WATER!
0:57
THIS POPCORN IS GOOD, BUT...[SNIFFS] IT NEEDS A LITTLE SALT. YEAH. NOW, IF THIS WERE A BOWL OF SEAWATER INSTEAD OF A BOWL OF POPCORN, IT WOULD HAVE THIS MUCH SALT. EW! OH, MAN, THAT'S SALTY! BUT IN THE OCEAN, THERE ARE QUADRILLIONS OF TONS OF SALT. THERE'S OTHER MINERALS, TOO, AND LOTS OF LIVING THINGS!
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I MEAN, THE OCEAN IS SO VAST! THERE'S SO MUCH TO EXPLORE! THERE'S SO MUCH...WATER! WIND AND SALT KEEP OCEAN WATER MOVING IN HUGE CURRENTS -- RIVERS OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH...WATER! THIS IS OUR INDOOR OCEAN OF SCIENCE. [ DING ] THIS IS OUR SMALL, SALTY SEA. HEAT FROM THE SUN MAKES WATER IN THE OCEAN EVAPORATE. HERE WE'RE USING THIS BURNER.
1:47
THE WATER EVAPORATES, BUT THE SALT STAYS IN THE OCEAN. THE WATER GOES UP INTO THE SKY, COOLS, AND FORMS CLOUDS. THEN IT FALLS DOWN AS RAIN. SO THIS WATER IS LIKE RAINWATER. IT'S GOOD. <i> Man: YEAH.</i> [ GULPS ] AHH, IT IS GOOD. IT'S NOT SALTY AT ALL. SO WIND AND RAIN MAKE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE OCEAN
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HAVE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF SALT, OR DIFFERENT SALTINESS. SO, OVER HERE, WE HAVE SOME VERY SALTY WATER. IN HERE, WE HAVE SOME WATER THAT'S NOT SO SALTY. WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I RAISE THIS GATE. THEY'RE GONNA MIX. WATCH. <i> THE GATE'S OPEN,</i> <i> AND THEY'RE OFF!</i> SEE? VERY SALTY WATER IS HEAVIER,
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AND IT PUSHES SOME OF THE NOT-SO SALTY WATER OUT OF THE WAY, AND WE GET A CURRENT. NOW, WINDS ALSO MAKE OCEAN CURRENTS.
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[ WIND BLOWING ]
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OCEAN CURRENTS MOVE HUGE AMOUNTS OF OCEAN WATER ALL OVER THE WORLD, ALL THE TIME. OCEAN CURRENTS ARE COOL! [ SURF MUSIC PLAYS ]
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SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW WATER IN THE OCEAN HOLDS A LOT OF HEAT. TAKE TWO GLASSES. FILL ONE WITH WATER THAT'S ROOM TEMPERATURE...
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...AND LEAVE THE OTHER ONE EMPTY. PUT THEM IN THE FRIDGE AND WAIT 15 MINUTES. [ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
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[ SIGHS ]
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[ RINGS ]
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CHECK IT OUT. THE GLASS OF WATER FEELS WARMER THAN THE GLASS OF AIR DOES. THAT'S BECAUSE WATER HOLDS MORE HEAT THAN AIR. OCEAN WATER HOLDS A LOT OF HEAT, TOO. THE FAMOUS GULF STREAM CURRENT HAS SO MUCH HEAT THAT IT KEEPS PLACES LIKE ICELAND, NORWAY, AND BRITAIN FROM GETTING TOO COLD IN THE WINTER. BRITAIN IS ALSO KNOWN FOR FISH AND CHIPS, THE BEATLES,
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AND RABID SOCCER FANS. [ BONK ] [ HELICOPTER WHIRRING ] Nye: THESE RIPPLES ARE CAUSED BY THE FORCE OF THE WIND. SEE THAT LINE WHERE THE WATER LOOKS SMOOTH? THAT'S A CURRENT LINE. IT'S AN OCEAN CURRENT -- A RIVER OF WATER FLOWING THROUGH WATER. YOU CAN SEE IT!
4:37
THESE PLANTS ARE CALLED KELP, AND THEY FLOAT AROUND ON THE OCEAN CURRENTS. THEY USE THE OCEAN CURRENTS TO GET NUTRIENTS -- THAT'S FOOD -- AND TRANSPORTATION -- THAT'S HOW THEY GET AROUND -- AND TO KEEP AT THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE FOR GROWING. RIGHT THERE. NO CURRENT, NO KELP. [ OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYS ]
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THE CURRENTS! THE CURRENTS! [ WAILS ] ARGH, DON'T FORGET THE SALT! GET OUT OF MY WAY! Narrator: NEXT, ON "SUBMARINE!"... TAKE ME TO 500 FEET AND RIDE WITH THE CURRENTS. BUT, CAPTAIN, IT'S TOO SALTY. WE'RE STARTIN' TO FLOAT. HERE WE HAVE SOME COLORED WATER, AND HERE'S SOME SALT.
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NOW, SUPPOSE WE DISSOLVED THESE EQUAL AMOUNTS OF SALT IN THIS WATER. WHICH ONE IS GONNA TASTE SALTIER? <i> I DON'T KNOW.</i> WELL, LET'S TRY IT. [ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
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[ SQUEAK ]
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[ BOINK ]
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[ SIGHS ] WELL, THAT'S EASY. THIS ONE'S GONNA TASTE SALTIER BECAUSE IT HAS THE SAME AMOUNT OF SALT DISSOLVED IN LESS WATER. NOW, LET'S SAY WE WERE OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, AND THE SUN IS BEATING DOWN. AHH. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? WELL, SOME OF THE SEAWATER IS GOING TO EVAPORATE INTO THE AIR, AND THE SALT IS GONNA STAY THERE.
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IT'S JUST LIKE HAVING THE SAME AMOUNT OF SALT DISSOLVED IN LESS WATER. NOW, THE MORE SALT IN THE WATER, THE HEAVIER IT IS... SO IT SINKS. [ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
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SEE? NOW, THE CURRENTS SET UP BY WARM AND SALTY WATER SINKING AND RISING IN THE OCEAN ARE CALLED THERMOHALINE CURRENTS. NOW, "THERMO," THAT MEANS "HEAT." "HALINE," THAT MEANS "SALT." THERMOHALINE CURRENTS MAKE HUGE MASSES OF SEAWATER FLOW IN HUGE CURRENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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IT'S SALT! IT'S THERMOHALINE! [ CHUCKLES ] IT'S SALTY. <i> DON'T DRINK THAT,</i> <i> BILL.</i> OHH, BOY, THAT IS SALTY! WHOA. <i> TOLD YA.</i> AAH.
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[ BOING ] [ SPROING ]
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Translator: HERE IS NEAT EXPERIMENT YOU CAN DO IN YOUR HOVEL.
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FRESHWATER IS GOOD TO DRINK.
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OCEANS CONTAIN SALT WATER.
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YOU SHOULD NOT DRINK SALT WATER.
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[ BOING ] [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]
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SO, WHAT'S OUR MISSION TODAY? TODAY WE'RE GONNA DEPLOY A DATA MARKER BUOY, WHICH WILL HELP US KEEP TRACK OF CURRENTS.
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STANDING BY TO DEPLOY DATA MARKER BUOY. [ BEEPING ]
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NOW DEPLOY THE DATA MARKER BUOY OFF THE PORT BOW.
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DATA MARKER BUOY DEPLOYED.
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A DATA MARKER BUOY DRIFTS WITH THE OCEAN CURRENTS. IT SENDS OUT A RADIO SIGNAL THAT WE CAN FOLLOW, AND WE CAN SEE WHERE THE OCEAN CURRENTS ARE FLOWING. NOW LAUNCH SMALL BOAT TO RETRIEVE THE DATA MARKER BUOY.
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BY THROWING THESE CARDS IN THE WATER, WE'RE HELPING SCIENTISTS... GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE CURRENTS. IT'S GREAT TO HOCK THESE OVER THE SIDE AND JUST WATCH THEM FLOAT OFF. YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GONNA END UP. IT HELPS SCIENTISTS. SO THE SCIENTISTS CAN STUDY HOW THE CURRENTS FLOW.
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I HOPE MY CARD GOES SOMEWHERE FAR AWAY. THESE ARE MADE OUT OF WOOD. AFTER A WHILE IN THE SEA, LIKE SIX MONTHS, THEY'LL BIODEGRADE. All: 1...2...3... TO THE CURRENTS! COOL. [ LAUGHTER ] WE RECORD THAT POSITION AS 47 DEGREES, 48.0 MINUTES. AND THAT WILL GO INTO THE SCIENTIFIC RECORD FOREVER. ...LIKE THIS, SO IT MUST BE A PRETTY STRONG CURRENT.
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WE'RE WALKING ALONG THE BEACH TO FIND DRIFT CARDS THAT PEOPLE MAY HAVE THROWN OVER EARLIER BEFORE US. WE THREW OUT 20 DRIFT CARDS TODAY, AND I BET YOU WE GET 10 LETTERS BACK. THE KIDS WILL GET THE LETTERS. AND THAT'S VALUABLE SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION. IF IT CAUGHT THE RIGHT CURRENT,
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IT COULD PROBABLY GO ALL THE WAY TO ASIA, TO CHINA AND JAPAN AND PLACES LIKE THAT. ACTUALLY I HOPE IT GOES TO HAWAII. [ LAUGHS ]
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[ SURF MUSIC PLAYS ]
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Narrator: OCEAN CURRENTS CAUSING YOU TO LOSE YOUR FOOTING? TIRED OF SLIPPING AND FALLING IN FRONT OF PRETTY GIRLS?
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NEW SURE GRIP -- THE SUPER ADHESIVE THAT WON'T LET YOU FALL DOWN! IT'S SCIENTIFICALLY DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND EVEN THE STRONGEST OCEAN CURRENTS. Woman: AND I LIKE IT, TOO! GET SURE GRIP NOW AND STAY ATTACHED!
10:27
CHECK OUT THIS AQUARIUM. JUST LIKE IN THE OCEAN, WE'VE GOT FISH FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE, AND THEY DEPEND ON MOVING WATER FOR FOOD AND OXYGEN. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE ALL THESE PUMPS... PIPES...VATS... AND VALVES... TO KEEP WATER IN THE AQUARIUM MOVING. SEE, IT'S JUST LIKE IN THE OCEAN.
10:47
WELL, IT'S NOT<i> JUST</i> LIKE THE OCEAN... <i> JUST</i> LIKE THE OCEAN... IT'S NOT<i> JUST</i> LIKE THE OCEAN. IT'S AN AQUARIUM. [ LAUGHS ] IT'S A BIG AQUARIUM, BUT... THE OCEAN IS A LOT BIGGER, BUT THIS IS A BIG AQUARIUM, AND IT'S GOT CURRENTS. MOVING WATER CURRENTS. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR HERE.
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I'M AN EXPERT ON JELLYFISH.
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I'M CLAUDIA MILLS, AND I'M AN OCEANOGRAPHER. I STUDY PLANKTON, WHICH IS THE ANIMALS THAT DRIFT IN THE OCEAN CURRENTS.
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OKAY, HERE'S OUR SAMPLE. THIS IS WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
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LOOKS LIKE SOUP. IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOUP, BUT IT'S REALLY PLANKTON. REACH IN, WHAT DO YOU SEE? MORE JELLYFISH. MORE JELLYFISH. MAYBE THEY'RE GLASSES. GET A LITTLE PEEK. EACH TIME YOU DO A TOW, IT'S ANOTHER LITTLE PEEK AT THE OCEAN. IT'S A TINY PEEK IN TIME AND IN SPACE, BUT YOU ADD THEM ALL UP AND WE REALLY BEGIN TO SEE
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WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
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I CAN'T FIGHT THE CURRENTS!
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IT'S SALTY! SALT! SALT! IT'S SALTY! SALTY!
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Translator: DO YOU SEE? THE OCEAN CURRENTS HAVE EVEN CARRIED THIS BOTTLE ACROSS THE SEAS. THE OCEAN IS SALTY, RIGHT? <i> YEAH.</i> NOW, WHY AREN'T RIVERS AND LAKES SALTY? <i> I DON'T KNOW.</i> WELL, PLEASE...
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...CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING. RAINWATER FALLS ON THE LAND, AND IT WASHES MINERALS -- MINERALS LIKE SALT -- FROM THE ROCKS AND SOIL ON THE LAND INTO LAKES AND RIVERS. BUT THE MINERALS DON'T STAY THERE. NO, THEY FLOW DOWNHILL INTO THE NEAREST OCEAN. SO LAKES AND RIVERS ARE CONSTANTLY GETTING THE MINERALS RINSED OUT OF THEM.
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OF COURSE, THERE ARE A COUPLE EXCEPTIONS. LIKE THE GREAT SALT LAKE IN THE WESTERN UNITED STATES AND THE DEAD SEA IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THESE ARE BODIES OF WATER WITH NO OUTLET TO THE SEA. SO THE MINERALS, PARTICULARLY SALT, KEEP BUILDING UP. THEY BUILT UP SO MUCH THAT IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE, THERE'S FOUR! FOUR! FOUR!
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FOUR TIMES AS MUCH SALT IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE AS THERE IS IN THE OCEAN. NOW, RAIN HAS BEEN FALLING ON THE EARTH SINCE THE EARTH WAS FORMED, AND THE OCEAN IS HUGE. SO THE AMOUNT OF SALT IN THE OCEAN HAS STAYED ABOUT THE SAME FOR THE LAST 1.5 BILLION YEARS! HEY, WHERE YOU BEEN? WELL, THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON...
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Narrator: NEXT ON...
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DONNA, I'M WORRIED ABOUT DYLAN. HE'S BEEN ACTING VICIOUS AGAIN. KELLY, YOU KNEW HE WAS A BARRACUDA EVEN BEFORE YOU WENT OUT WITH HIM. THE SUN MAKES WATER IN THE OCEAN MOVE IN OCEAN CURRENTS LIKE THIS... THE SUN'S RAYS ARE THE STRONGEST AT THE EQUATOR,
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SO IT WARMS THE WATER MOST THERE. THE WATER MOLECULES GET GOING FASTER AND FASTER AND THEY MOVE FARTHER AND FARTHER APART, SO THEY DON'T WEIGH AS MUCH. THEN THE COLD WATER FROM THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES COMES IN AND PUSHES THE WARM WATER UP AND OUT OF THE WAY. TAKE A LOOK. THIS IS THE SUN, AND THIS IS THE ICY NORTH OR SOUTH POLE.
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SEE THE WATER MOVING IN A CIRCLE, LIKE THIS? NOW, IF THERE WEREN'T ANY CONTINENTS AND IF THE EARTH WEREN'T TURNING, THEN THE OCEAN WOULD ONLY MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION -- FROM THE WARM EQUATOR TOWARD THE ICY NORTH AND SOUTH POLE. BUT THE EARTH<i> IS</i> TURNING, SO AS THE WATER LEAVES THE WARM EQUATOR, IT GETS PUSHED TO THE WEST.
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AND THAT MAKES OCEAN CURRENTS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE FLOW MOSTLY IN THIS DIRECTION AND OCEAN CURRENTS IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE FLOW MOSTLY IN THIS DIRECTION. ISN'T THAT COOL? WELL, DO YOU "SEA" HOW IT WORKS? [ LAUGHS ] DO YOU GET MY DRIFT? [ LAUGHS ] NOW THAT'S YOUR OCEAN COMEDY. OH, SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE AGAINST THE CURRENT,
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SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE AGAINST THE CURRENT, SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE AGAINST THE C-- AAH!
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Narrator: IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, THEY MOVE IN LARGE, CLOCKWISE PATTERNS... LIKE GIANT RIVERS FLOWING CLEAR ACROSS THE OCEAN.
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SINCE THE DAWN OF SAILING, THERE HAS BEEN A DARK SECRET ABOUT THIS ATLANTIC OCEAN. WE HERE AT "A CURRENT EVENT" HAVE UNCOVERED THE TRUTH FROM A HIGH-PLACED SOURCE WE CAN ONLY REFER TO AS "DEEP VENT." [ Voice distorted ] WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE ATLANTIC OCEAN HAS THE MOST POWERFUL CURRENT IN THE WORLD, THE MOST POWERFUL. THE MOST POWERFUL? I CAN'T FATHOM THAT.
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MARK MY WORDS, IT'S A FACT. AND IT'S CALLED THE GULF ST-- Narrator: THIS WARM GULF STREAM CURRENT SWEEPS ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO EUROPE, WHICH THUS HAS A WARMER CLIMATE THAN IT WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE. IT GOES AROUND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN LIKE A CLOCK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYIN'? HMM... SO THIS CURRENT -- WHERE DOES IT GET ITS POWER?
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THE SUN. IT WARMS WATER AT THE EQUATOR. IT EXPANDS AND FLOWS TOWARDS THAT COLD NORTH POLE. GIVES ME THE CHILLS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT.
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HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF SEA LEVEL?
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IT MEANS YOU'RE AT THE SAME HEIGHT, OR LEVEL, AS THE SEA. SEA LEVEL.
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AND IF YOU'RE 2,000 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL, IT PROBABLY MEANS YOU'RE ON A MOUNTAIN, LIKE THIS. NOW, THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD IS MOUNT EVEREST. IT'S FOUR TIMES HIGHER THAN HERE. IT'S OVER 9,000 METERS HIGH. AND MOUNT EVEREST IS IN TIBET. TIBET IS ALSO KNOWN FOR BUDDHISM... THE DALAI LAMA... AND YAKS. [ MOOS ]
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AND IF YOU'RE ABOUT 100 METERS BELOW SEA LEVEL, IT MEANS YOU'RE MUCH LOWER THAN THE OCEAN, LIKE HERE IN DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA -- THE LOWEST POINT THIS SIDE OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. DEATH VALLEY IS ALSO KNOWN FOR CRACKED DIRT... OXEN BONES... AND A LACK OF CONVENIENCE STORES. [ SLURPS ]
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE... I'M ON THE LEVEL. [ LAUGHS ] AAH!
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HERE'S AN EXPERIMENT THAT SHOWS HOW THE SALTY OCEAN MAKES THINGS FLOAT BETTER.
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A RAW EGG WON'T FLOAT IN FRESH WATER, BUT IF YOU POUR SOME SALT WATER IN A GLASS... [ UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
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...IT FLOATS! IT FLOATS! IT FLOATS! THAT'S BECAUSE SALT WATER HAS MORE STUFF IN IT, SO IT CAN HOLD UP THE EGG. SCIENCE RULES. IT FLOATS! NEAR AS WE CAN TELL, IN OUR WHOLE SOLAR SYSTEM, ONLY ONE PLANET HAS OCEANS -- THE EARTH. YOU SEE, VENUS IS TOO HOT. ALL THE WATER THERE HAS BECOME WATER VAPOR.
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AND MARS IS TOO COLD. ALL THE WATER THERE IS FROZEN SOLID. BUT NOT ONLY DOES THE EARTH HAVE LIQUID OCEANS, BUT THE OCEANS ARE ALWAYS FLOWING IN HUGE CURRENTS -- CURRENTS THAT CARRY MINERALS UP FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE SURFACE, AND NUTRIENTS FROM THE SURFACE BACK DOWN TO THE DEEP. LIVING THINGS LIKE EELS... BIRDS... AND TINY PLANTS CALLED PLANKTON
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DEPEND ON OCEAN CURRENTS FOR TRANSPORTATION...FOOD... AND SUITABLE CLIMATES. OTHER LIVING THINGS HITCH RIDES ON OCEAN CURRENTS AND FEED ON THE LIVING THINGS IN THE CURRENTS. SO THOSE LIVING THINGS DEPEND ON OCEAN CURRENTS INDIRECTLY. <i> HUH?</i> ONLY THE EARTH HAS OCEANS... AND ONLY THE EARTH HAS LIVING THINGS.
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COINCIDENCE? [ BEEPING ] I DON'T THINK SO. [ SURF MUSIC PLAYS ]
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WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY'RE BITING ON? I DON'T KNOW, HANK.
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C-C-C-COWABUNGA, D-D-D-DUDE!
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Translator: GREETINGS. OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THE OCEANS DEPEND ON CURRENTS... FOR FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUITABLE CLIMATES.
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Narrator: THE WATERS OF THE OCEANS LONG HAVE BEEN VALUED AS BROAD HIGHWAYS BETWEEN LAND AREAS OF THE EARTH. MANY LIVING THINGS DEPEND ON OCEAN CURRENTS FOR FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, AND SUITABLE CLIMATES.
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[ TO THE TUNE OF "CALIFORNIA GIRLS" ]
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♪ WELL, THE FISH AND PLANTS IN OCEANS ♪ ♪ NEED THE CURRENTS TO SURVIVE ♪ ♪ 'CAUSE THE CURRENTS BRING THEM THE FOOD TO EAT ♪ ♪ AND HELP THEM MOVE SO THEY STAY ALIVE ♪ [ VROOM ] ♪ THE GULF STREAM CURRENT IS HUGE ♪ ♪ A MASSIVE RIVER IN THE SEA ♪ ♪ IT MAKES THE OCEANS SWIRL AROUND LIKE A CLOCK ♪ ♪ AND IT'S WARM LIKE A SUMMER BREEZE ♪
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♪ THE SWIFT OCEAN CURRENTS HELP FISH TO GET AROUND ♪ ♪ THE SWIFT OCEAN CURRENTS HELP FISH GET AROUND ♪ ♪ THE SWIFT OCEAN CURRENTS HELP FISH TO GET AROUND ♪ ♪ OCEANS CURRENTS ARE SWIFT ♪ ♪ THEY REALLY MOVE THAT WATER AROUND ♪ ♪ AND THEY'RE OFTEN USED TO HELP NAVIGATE ♪ ♪ AS OCEAN EXPLORERS FOUND ♪ ♪ THEY CHANGE THE CLIMATE OF THIS GREAT, BIG WORLD ♪ ♪ WARM CURRENTS GET AROUND ♪
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♪ THEY KEEP THE TROPICS COOL AND THE ICELANDERS HOT ♪ ♪ AND THOSE LONDONERS ALL FOGBOUND ♪ ♪ THE SWIFT OCEAN CURRENTS HELP FISH TO GET AROUND ♪ ♪ THE SWIFT OCEAN CURRENTS HELP FISH GET AROUND ♪ ♪ THE SWIFT OCEAN CURRENTS HELP FISH TO GET AROUND ♪
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WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW. THANKS FOR WATCHING. IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME, I'VE GOT SOME THERMOHALINE CURRENTS TO INVESTIGATE. SEE YOU AROUND THE SEA! KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE CURRENTS! AH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY! I REMEMBER WHEN I HAD TO LASH MYSELF TO THE RAILING! AH, THOSE WERE THE DAYS. PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH...
22:09
OKAY? HUH? <i> NICE TURTLENECK.</i> [ CHUCKLES ]
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THE SUN... THE SUN MAKES OCEAN -- HMM... NO, NO, HERE WE GO. HERE WE GO. THE SUN MAKES WATER IN THE OCEAN MOVE IN OCEAN CURRENTS LIKE THIS. THE WATER MOLEC-- MOLEC-- NOW, IF THERE ARE NO C-- AND THE OCEAN IS HUGE!
22:37
SO THE WATER IN THE OCEAN HAS... [ Lisping ] ...ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF SALT IN IT -- GOSH. WHEN YOU BLOW UP A BALLOON LIKE THIS... [ LAUGHS ] SORRY. THEY LAUGHED! THEY SAID THAT WARM WATER WOULD NOT RISE AND COLD WATER WOULD NOT SINK!
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--<font color="#ffff00"> Captions by VITAC</font> -- <font color="#00ffff"> www.vitac.com</font> CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISNEY EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTIONS
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