With an underlying universal theme of convection, a new textbook introduces upper-level geology, geophysics, physics, and engineering students to the geophysics behind the Earth System.

Air tends to flow from high pressure to low pressure, but never in a straight line because of the rotation of the Earth ... systems is called a pressure gradient. The bigger the difference ...

Chris Nowotarski receives funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF ... And that pressure gradient leads to strong winds. Earth’s rotation causes these winds to spiral around areas ...