Arthritis Arthritis is inflammation of the joints. Causes include injury, abnormal metabolism (such as gout), inheritance (such as in osteoarthritis), infections (such as...learn more >>. Dehydration in Adults Dehydration occurs when the loss of body fluids (mostly water), exceeds the amount that is taken in.
As noted earlier, viewed from above, geostrophic flow in a subtropical gyre is clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. Adapted from DataStreme Ocean and used with permission of the American Meteorological Society.
Equatorial Current in Science Expand equatorial current Either of two oceanic currents (the North and South Equatorial Currents) flowing westward on either side of the equator. The equatorial currents are driven primarily by the easterly trade winds and are separated by a narrower countercurrent flowing eastward along the equator itself.