Sentences with phrase «warming ocean currents east»
He warned on Tuesday that warming ocean currents east of Greenland were melting ice in the seabed.
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The Arctic Ocean continually loses thick, old ice, the kind that easily survives a warm summer, as currents sweep it out the Fram Strait, east of Greenland.
«Our research indicates that as global warming continues, parts of East Antarctica will also be affected by these wind - induced changes in ocean currents and temperatures,» Dr Jourdain said.
East Antarctica, situated on high ground that protects it from warming ocean currents, was considered stable.
With the removal of the warm surface waters, an upwelling current is created in the east Pacific Ocean, bringing cold water up from deeper levels.
The winds in turn drive the ocean currents that keep the cold water in the east and the water warm in the west.
Many Americans know AMOC as the Gulf Stream: the warm, surface - level current in the Atlantic Ocean that hugs the East Coast.
Along the east coast, the warm Agulhas Current brings nutrient - poor, tropical waters southward from the equatorial Indian Ocean.
Since the East Indian and West Pacific Oceans are not isolated by landmass, ocean currents spread this cumulative warming into the adjoining ocean basins.