It affects ocean currents, weather patterns, and even the direction planes fly. The Coriolis effect has real impacts, but it’s actually just an “apparent force” that causes moving objects to be ...

The idea that the Coriolis force influences how water drains frequently appears in popular culture and urban legends. frantic00 / Shutterstock In countries near the Earth’s equator, tourists are often ...

It's often been said that our toilet water swirls in the direction it does due to whether it's north or south of the equator, but it's just a myth.

As you may have noticed while tracking a hurricane on the news, storms in the Northern Hemisphere spin counterclockwise, while those in the Southern Hemisphere spin clockwise. Why do storms spin in ...

Have you ever wondered why big storms spin like pinwheels instead of sliding straight across the Earth? Or why air and ocean currents don’t just travel in straight lines across the planet? Well, ...

In honor of World Ocean Day, June 8th, we’re resurfacing a few features celebrating some of the many ways in which the ocean connects us as surfers. To picture the Coriolis effect, imagine two kids ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The 2021 Atlantic hurricane season is shaping up to be incredibly active with the fifth-named storm making landfall in early July (hurricane season runs through November). We're ...