Sentences with phrase «ocean conveyor belt»

ocean conveyor belt system in which water moves between the cold depths and warm surface in oceans throughout the world.

The ice is fresh water and its release would push down on the more saline currents, slowing and potentially stopping the vast ocean conveyor belt of currents.

El nino is influenced by the global ocean conveyor belt.

North Icelandic Jet (NIJ), contributes to a key component of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as the «great ocean conveyor belt,» which is critically important for regulating Earth's climate.

The melting of the Greenland ice sheet trigger accelerated sea level rise, a die back of the Amazon rainforest removes a crucial atmospheric carbon sink, and an alteration of the ocean conveyor belt shuts down the Atlantic Gulf stream.

This «ocean conveyor belt» has an enormous influence on marine ecosystems and biodiversity.

Hu, A., G. A. Meehl, W. Han, J. Lu, and W. G. Strand, 2013: Energy balance in a warm world without the ocean conveyor belt and sea ice.

Broecker had already distinguished himself in his work on what's called the «ocean conveyor belt» — the system of jet streams and other circulatory patterns that stir the planet's waters, regulating heat along the way.

An Ocean Current Out of the Blue The discovery that a long - suspected ocean current — the North Icelandic Jet — contributes a large amount of cold, dense water to the global ocean conveyor belt that regulates climate in the Northern Hemisphere has thrown a wrench into scientists» understanding of how the ocean will respond to climate change.

Essentially, the study proposes that climate feedbacks could work completely and totally against us, as warm water becomes trapped on top of a layer of colder Antarctic waters due to a near total shutdown in the global ocean conveyor belt, which circulates ocean heat from the coast of Antarctica to Newfoundland.

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

In addition, Arctic waters flowing back into the North Atlantic would have become less cold and salty — short - circuiting the efficiency of the Ocean Conveyor belt as a global heat pump to North Atlantic regions.

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