Our Oceans sequester excess energy and materials, such as: CO2; Heat;Pollutants; and Plastics. These are shared on a mega scale by Ocean Currents.
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The Gulf Stream is an example of a powerful heat transfer current from warmer southern lattitudes to colder northern lattitudes. This is a wind driven current.
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The surface map illustrates Thermohaline Circulation (THC). This type of current is driven by differences in temperature and salinity between water masses.
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The above diagram integrates wind driven and thermohaline driven currents world wide.
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The full scope of 3 dimensional, world ocean currents, opens our eyes to the world scale of critical inter-ocean relationships.
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For further reading please view our publication: CHANGES IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC DRIFT CURRENT