Sentences with phrase «less ocean stratification»

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One explanation (ix) conceived in the 1980s invokes more stratification, less upwelling of carbon and nutrient - rich waters to the surface of the Southern Ocean and increased carbon storage at depth during glacial times.

The warming of the oceans by sunlight, makes the daytime surface waters more bouyant than the cooler waters below and this leads to stratification - a situation where the warmer water floats atop cooler waters underneath, and is less inclined to mix.

Warming would lead to ocean stratification and less upwelling.

Increased stratification as the ocean surface warms will decrease the upwellings of nutrient - rich cold water, making oceans less productive.