Sentences with phrase «ocean circulation system»

The process is a key component global ocean circulation system.

One of the world's largest ocean circulation systems may not be as stable as today's weather models predict, according to a new study.

Abrupt climate changes, such as the collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, the rapid loss of the Greenland Ice Sheet or large - scale changes of ocean circulation systems, are not considered likely to occur in the 21st century, based on currently available model results.

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.

It then sinks to the bottom of the ocean where it propels the deep ocean circulation system before eventually welling up and warming again in the Tropics, some 1,000 years later.

They say the Atlantic Ocean circulation system is weaker now than it has been for more than 1,000 years — and has changed significantly in the past 150.

The Loop Current, which enters the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatan Straits, is one of the most important features in the Gulf ocean circulation system.

* Provide definitive evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics and continental drift * Explain the role of large - scale ocean circulation systems in abrupt climate change * Systematically study and create a global topographic map of the oceans * Predict extreme weather associated with an El Niño event * Detect and monitor nuclear explosions using seismometers as part of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Computer models have shown the slowing and speeding up of the subpolar gyre can influence the entire ocean circulation system.»

«The AMOC and Gulf Stream are part of a complex global ocean circulation system that is still not completely understood,» said Dixon.

The changes in the Atlantic ocean circulation system are part of a natural cycle that seems to date back many centuries.

This would shut down a global ocean circulation system that is driven by dense, salty water falling to the bottom of the north Atlantic and that ultimately produces the Gulf Stream.

The temperature and salinity of seawater are key drivers for the global ocean circulation system.

The AMOC is part of a global ocean circulation system that carries heat from the tropics to the North Atlantic.

Delia Oppo, from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and one of the authors of the other study that was also published in the journal Nature, said that a complete disintegration of the AMOC is unlikely but the ocean circulation system will likely continue to weaken.

In the ocean, we need to consider better the controls on thermohaline circulation, on potential changes in biological productivity, and on the overall stability of the ocean circulation system.

The slowdown and shutdown of the ocean circulation system is something that scientists do worry about.

This could slow down — or even shut down — the ocean circulation system that brings heat from the tropics to the high latitudes.

Delia Oppo, from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, and one of the authors of the other study that was also published in the journal Nature, said that a complete disintegration of the AMOC is unlikely but the ocean circulation system will likely continue to weaken.

In his video address, Hansen says «all hell will break loose» should the ocean circulation system shut down entirely.

Then, beginning in the 1950s, another stage of warming and ice melt began in the Northern Hemisphere — this time, likely driven by human - induced climate change — infusing the sea with more chilly fresh water and further weakening the ocean circulation system, study lead author David Thornalley, a senior lecturer at University College London, told Live Science in an email.

While the complete disintegration of the AMOC is extremely unlikely, the ocean circulation system will probably continue to weaken, and that prospect is far from reassuring, Oppo told Live Science.

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 oceans.