Antartic must be a target as well for the ice is warming dramatically Southern
ocean winds possibly contributing to this.
Not exact matches
A new study has found that turbulent mixing in the deep waters of the Southern
Ocean, which has a profound effect on global ocean circulation and climate, varies with the strength of surface eddies — the ocean equivalent of storms in the atmosphere — and possibly also wind sp
Ocean, which has a profound effect on global
ocean circulation and climate, varies with the strength of surface eddies — the ocean equivalent of storms in the atmosphere — and possibly also wind sp
ocean circulation and climate, varies with the strength of surface eddies — the
ocean equivalent of storms in the atmosphere — and possibly also wind sp
ocean equivalent of storms in the atmosphere — and
possibly also
wind speeds.
Wind and
ocean currents could also
possibly return to where they were in the 1980s, compressing the cold pool and
possibly leading to a decline in penguins, Karnauskas added.
A new genomics study of shark DNA, including from great white and great hammerhead sharks, reveals unique modifications in their immunity genes that may underlie the rapid
wound healing and
possibly higher resistance to cancers in these
ocean predators.
That suggests the plants, or their seeds, somehow migrated across the
ocean on their own,
possibly via
wind, water or birds.
The consensus is that several factors are important: atmospheric composition (the concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane); changes in the Earth's orbit around the Sun known as Milankovitch cycles (and
possibly the Sun's orbit around the galaxy); the motion of tectonic plates resulting in changes in the relative location and amount of continental and oceanic crust on the Earth's surface, which could affect
wind and
ocean currents; variations in solar output; the orbital dynamics of the Earth - Moon system; and the impact of relatively large meteorites, and volcanism including eruptions of supervolcanoes.
wind and
ocean surface currents are as much or
possibly even more important than temperature in driving sea ice variability.