article_snippet: Global ocean surface kinetic - or movement - energy is pictured here.
article_snippet: In another image the ocean surface kinetic energy – or movement energy – is revealed with maximum kinetic energy in white with minimum values in black.
article_snippet: When winds blow across Pacific Ocean, kinetic energy is transferred from the wind to water as a result of the friction between the wind and the sea surface.
article_snippet: Sunlight on the oceans also adds thermal energy to the surface layer, and currents carry the thermal energy to other regions of the world.