What Do Surface Currents Affect
Ocean Currents Act Much Like a Conveyor Belt, Transporting Warm Water and Precipitation from the Equator Toward the Poles and Cold Water from the Poles Back to...
What Do Surface Currents Affect?
Ocean currents act much like a conveyor belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics. Thus, ocean currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface.
What are the effects of surface currents?
The heat travels in surface currents to higher latitudes. A current that brings warmth into a high latitude region will make that region’s climate less chilly. Surface ocean currents can create eddies, swirling loops of water, as they flow. Surface ocean currents can also affect upwelling in many places.
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