Ocean Circulation || Worldbuilding Guide Series Part 5

Welcome to the next video in my worldbuilding guide series for creating an Earth-like planet! This video is focused on ocean circulation, warn and cold shores, upwelling, and dipoles.

NOTE this video was originally uploaded on my channel Madeline James Writes on January 19th, 2023.

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DISCLAIMER: If you are looking to create a fantasy world in a few hours, this guide is not for you. If you are looking for good value between time spent and realism in your fantasy world, this is probably not for you either. This guide goes way more in depth than most other worldbuilding guides to a level that is objectively not necessary. However, “necessary” is not the point here. If you want to understand WHY your world is the way it is and let your world come alive as you slowly mold it, then this guide is for you.

To already contradict my disclaimer, the reason I go to this level of detail in creating my fantasy worlds is not just because I enjoy it. Things like geography and climate have a huge impact on civilization. Knowing about the world around your people is the first part in understanding them.

00:40 Lesson on Ocean Circulation
03:55 Mapping Ocean Circulation
06:31 Mapping Cold and Warm Shores
07:05 Lesson on Upwelling
08:21 Lesson on Dipoles and Oscillation
12:05 Mapping Upwelling and Diodes
14:11 Wrapup

Attributions for graphics used in this video:

Corrientes-oceanicas.png 02:25
Dr. Michael Pidwirny (see http://www.physicalgeography.net), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ocean currents 1943 (borderless)3.png 02:33
US army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Subtropical Indian Ocean Dipole.jpg 09:20
Yjzhao, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons

La Niña global impacts, June to August 10:05
NOAA NWS/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

La Niña global impacts, December to February 10:05
NOAA NWS/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

El Niño global impacts, June to August 10:05
NOAA NWS/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

El Niño global impacts, December to February 10:05
NOAA NWS/NCEP Climate Prediction Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Movement of surface waters during El Nino 09:38
NOAA Photo Library, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Drivers of hypoxia and acidification in upwelling shelf systems 07:55
Francis Chan, John A. Barth, Kristy J. Kroeker, Jane Lubchenco and Bruce A. Menge. Modified from Gewin (2010) by Moni Kovacs., CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Upwelling image1 08:10
NOAA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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