14 DAY TRIAL // Trying to understand how the atmosphere, its clouds, and the oceans underneath behave without taking into account the fact that the planet is spinning is a futile exercise.
In order to help students and laymen alike, experts at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) Department of Earth and Space Sciences created this YouTube video depicting a simplified version of what's going on in reality.
The experiments seek to replicate the large-scale spin forces that influence everything on the planet. This is done by first placing a water tank on a surface and dropping some cream inside. The stuff naturally sinks to the bottom of the tank.
But place the tank on a revolving disk player, and do the same thing, and you'll see how the liquid being poured in modifies its behavior considerably. This is just the first of a larger series of videos seeking to explain some basic concepts to students, so follow the YouTube channel for more data.