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Articles on Coriolis force

July 10, 2023

Does the direction water rotates down the drain depend on which hemisphere you’re in? Debunking the Coriolis effect in your sink

Francisco José Machín Jiménez, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Borja Aguiar González, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

This physical effect does explain how some massive natural phenomena like hurricanes behave. But on the scale of water in your sink – not so much.

May 23, 2021

Declan Finney, University of Edinburgh; Hellen Msemo, University of Leeds, and John Marsham, University of Leeds

Land-falling tropical cyclones are rare in Tanzania so past events are outside the memory of most.

February 28, 2018

Gareth Dorrian, Nottingham Trent University and Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University

No matter how cold it is, you’re lucky you don’t live on Venus.

Ian Whittaker
Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
Gareth Dorrian
Postdoctoral research associate, University of Oxford
Hellen Msemo
PhD candidate, University of Leeds
Francisco José Machín Jiménez
Catedrático de Universidad. Oceanógrafo Físico, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Borja Aguiar González
Personal Docente e Investigador, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Declan Finney
Senior research fellow in cloud physics, University of Leeds
John Marsham
Professor of Atmospheric Science, University of Leeds