Sentences with phrase «oceanic convection»
"Oceanic convection" refers to the movement of water in the ocean due to temperature differences. It happens when warmer water rises to the surface and colder water sinks. This process helps distribute heat and nutrients in the ocean, affecting weather patterns and marine ecosystems. Full definition
Personally, I am rather fond of another idea: a latitude shift of oceanic convection.
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This has the potential to weaken oceanic convection in the Greenland and Iceland Seas.
As global warming affects the earth and ocean, the retreat of the sea ice means there won't be as much cold, dense water, generated through a process known as oceanic convection, created to flow south and feed the Gulf Stream.
This is what happens in our model events pictured above: during cold phases in Greenland, oceanic convection only occurs in latitudes well south of Greenland, but during a DO event convection shifts into the Greenland - Norwegian seas and warm and saline Atlantic waters push northward.
The heat kept the huge hole in the ice pack called a polynya open, and a massive oceanic convection cell formed in the Antarctic winter.