Sentences with phrase «deep ocean circulation system»

Recent research at Reading University and elsewhere indicates a slowing of a deep ocean circulation system in the North Atlantic, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning circulation.

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«These conditions will cause changes in phytoplankton growth and ocean circulation around Antarctica, with the net effect of transferring nutrients from the upper ocean to the deep ocean,» said lead author J. Keith Moore, UCI professor of Earth system science.

The Southern Ocean plays a pivotal role in the global overturning circulation, a system of surface and deep currents linking all oceans and one of the fundamental determinants of the planet's climate.

The possible importance of (forced or unforced) modes of variability within the climate system, for instance related to the deep ocean circulation, have also been highlighted (Bianchi and McCave, 1999; Duplessy et al., 2001; Marchal et al., 2002; Oppo et al., 2003).

These will allow researchers to investigate specific aspects of the climate system, from clouds to deep ocean circulation to an interactive carbon cycle.

8 global circulation of deep ocean currents transports warm water to colder areas & cold water to warmer areas efficient heat - transport system drives Earth's climate

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 Southern Ocean has a vital role in the global ocean circulation system, as it interacts with the deep water circulation in each of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian ocOcean has a vital role in the global ocean circulation system, as it interacts with the deep water circulation in each of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian ococean circulation system, as it interacts with the deep water circulation in each of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans.

Unlike Charney climate sensitivity, which is related to the strength of feedbacks involving short timescale climate processes such as those involving clouds and water vapor, Earth System sensitivity also integrates feedbacks involving long timescale changes in the cryosphere, terrestrial vegetation, and deep ocean circulation.