Sentences with phrase «ocean gyres producing»

Low solar activity spins up the great ocean gyres producing more frequent La Niña and a cooler northeastern Pacific (more upwelling)-- and vice versa.

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13 Gyres Vertical columns or mounds of water at the surface and flow around them Produce enormous circular currents Five major locations: North Pacific - clockwise South Pacific - counterclockwise Indian Ocean - counterclockwise South Atlantic - counterclockwise North Atlantic - clockwise

Nine leading non-profit conservation organizations — 5 Gyres Institute, Algalita, Californians Against Waste, Clean Production Action, Plastic Pollution Coalition, Responsible Purchasing Network, The Story of Stuff Project, Surfrider Foundation, and UPSTREAM Policy — joined together to produce the Plastics BAN (Better Alternatives Now) List, a series of reports that identify the world's most dangerous plastics in order to better protect our oceans and environment.