Today, our physics engine goes underwater. There are no big battles to cause the snow/rain dogs to come down on us, but the battles determine future atmosphere wars.
The neat thing about these battles is that the terrain keeps changing, on a short 300 million years cycle. When all the continents mash together, we get almost no ocean currents, and it becomes really hot. Large mammals die because of heat problems, and in come the large reptiles. Then it starts over again.
Just like the air, the main force is convection, and all others are insignificant (less than 10%). That's the key to making things simple -- ignore the small stuff. Leave all that to the philosophers.
The battle for the Earth's climate has two armies. The Hot Mermaids and their friends (we must be inclusive). The other side is the Kold Krakens.
The Hot Mermaids get all their energy from the equator, mainly the Pacific. The Cold Blue Krakens lose all heat at the poles, and just slide with gravity. Just like the Polar Bears, the spin of the Earth leads them to the equator.
-end of Part 1
ps. no more parts. I just realized that so many things are unknown here that my hypothesis on how these things interact seems to be impossible. The hot water should just stay on the top and do nothing, yet it displays convection. The cold should stay on the bottom, but it rises. All topsy-turvy.
pps. wow, just realized these could be 'momentum storms' in the water, caused by the collision of mermaids and krakens. Blows my mind! Time to shut down for the day.
more: just got a massive insight in the mechanics of the equator. Ouch. I'm trying to throw it out of my mind.
even more - I'm shutting down for now. I may be gone for some time...
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