Sentences with phrase «conveyor belt circulation»

That sinking of cold, salty water «drives the three - dimensional oceanic conveyor belt circulation.

It releases more than it absorbs because of ocean conveyor belt circulation pulling in tropically warmed water.

Not exact matches

The simulations suggest that over decades, these warming events dramatically perturb the ocean surface, affecting the flow of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a system of currents that acts like a conveyor belt moving water around the planet.

Changes in polar vortex winds high in the stratosphere can alter the global conveyor belt of ocean circulation.

Thermohaline circulation, also known as the ocean's conveyor belt, refers to the deep ocean density - driven ocean basin currents.

Real - world data back the claim: Accumulations of calcium carbonate in deep - sea Pacific sediments show that the Pliocene ocean experienced huge shifts at the time, with waters churning all the way from the surface down to about three kilometers deep, as would be expected from a conveyor belt — type circulation.

Lozier (p. 1507) discusses how recent studies have challenged our view of large - scale ocean circulation as a simple conveyor belt, by revealing a more complex and nuanced system that reflects the effects of ocean eddies and surface atmospheric winds on the structure and variability of the ocean's overturning.

Today the North Atlantic has a deep, cold, salty layer that is crucial to the ocean's «conveyor belt» circulation.

For decades, research on climate variations in the Atlantic has focused almost exclusively on the role of ocean circulation as the main driver, specifically the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which carries warm water north in the upper layers of the ocean and cold water south in lower layers like a large concirculation as the main driver, specifically the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which carries warm water north in the upper layers of the ocean and cold water south in lower layers like a large conCirculation, which carries warm water north in the upper layers of the ocean and cold water south in lower layers like a large conveyor belt.

And, increasingly, we are realizing that ocean circulation — once conceived as a sort of monstrous conveyor belt — is instead a motley crew of what Jennifer MacKinnon from the Scripps Institution calls «the swirly things».

A new study shows Earth's oceanic conveyor belt, the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, may be less stable than thought, posing a risk of abrupt climate change.

I was formerly somewhat skeptical about the notion that the ocean «conveyor belt» circulation pattern could weaken abruptly in response to global warming.

MOC stands for Meridional Overturning Circulation, and although it refers to the same global pattern of ocean currents («conveyor belt») as the thermohaline circulation, this story shows why actually MOC is the more accurate name, as it is not just... ContinuCirculation, and although it refers to the same global pattern of ocean currents («conveyor belt») as the thermohaline circulation, this story shows why actually MOC is the more accurate name, as it is not just... Continucirculation, this story shows why actually MOC is the more accurate name, as it is not just... Continue reading →

The oceans also redistribute heat via the thermohaline circulation, sometimes referred to as the ocean conveyor belt.

The influx could slow down or shut off the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) formation, the driving factor behind the conveyor belt current known as thermohaline circulation, which brings large amounts of warm water to the North Atlantic region.

As part of the planet's reciprocal relationship between ocean circulation and climate, this conveyor belt transports warm surface water to high latitudes where the water warms the air, then cools, sinks, and returns towards the equator as a deep flow.»

In the Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf Stream is part of what's called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a conveyor belt of ocean water that carries warm water from Florida to Greenland where it cools and sinks to 1000 meters or more before traveling back down the coast to the tropics.

But they say changes to the conveyor - belt - like system — also known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc)-- could cool the North Atlantic and north - west Europe and transform some deep - ocean ecosystems.

The activity in the Greenland Sea is part of a global pattern of ocean movement, known as thermohaline circulation, or more commonly the «global conveyor belt.»

The circulation around this high is injecting cold, dry air into the storm system, feeding it through what meteorologists know as a «cold conveyor belt.»

Scientists are also exploring the possibility that if the Greenland Ice Sheet (pictured above) collapses quickly, the infusion of fresh melt water could short - circuit the ocean's conveyor belt known as the meridional overturning circulation.

The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC for short) is an integral part of the global ocean conveyor belt.

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... system known as the «thermohaline circulation» or «great ocean conveyor belt.»

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