地球是平的吗？物理海洋学家的观点
Can the earth be flat ? A physical oceanographer's perspective
摘要：
根据最近的一项调查，2%的美国人相信地球是平的。这一想法得到了地球平坦协会成员的拥护，并通过互联网论坛和其他公共媒体渠道传播。儿童和年轻学生是容易的目标。作为一名科学教师面对这些想法，它可以是一个挑战，坚定地面对他们从根本上有缺陷的基础，同时仍然对那些谁拥护这些信念保持同情。虽然我们并不打算为这种困难的情况找到答案，但作为两名研究海洋物理学的科学家，我们试图向感兴趣的教师伸出援助之手。在这里，我们使用物理海洋学社区最先进的计算工具来表明，如果地球是平的，我们从船舶，卫星和自主观测平台观察到的海洋属性不应该存在。特别是，使用第一个现实的模拟海洋在一个平坦的地球上，我们表明，北大西洋环流，似乎完全不同的平坦的地球上。对于物理海洋学社区的成员来说，这里呈现的结果是显而易见的;然而，对于平坦地球协会社区来说，它可能是一个智力挑战。
英文摘要：
According to a recent survey, 2% of the U.S. population is convinced that the earth is flat. This idea is heralded by members of the Flat Earth Society, and promulgated through Internet forums and other public media channels. Children and young students are easy targets. As a science teacher confronted by these ideas, it can be a challenge to firmly confront their fundamentally flawed foundation while still remaining compassionate towards those who espouse such beliefs. While we do not purport to have the answer for such difficult situations, as two scientists studying ocean physics, we attempt to lend a helping hand to the interested instructor. Here, we use the most advanced computational tools of the physical oceanography community to show that the properties of the ocean that we observe from ships, satellites, and autonomous observing platforms should not exist if the earth were flat. In particular, using the first realistic simulation of the ocean on a flat Earth, we show that the North Atlantic gyre, appears entirely different on a flat Earth. For members of the physical oceanography community, the results presented here are obvious; however, for the Flat Earth Society community, it may present an intellectual challenge.
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