Question

What is the relationship between Ocean Currents and Climate?

Answer 1

Oceans and air currents transfer heat to one another. Ocean currents depend on the temperatures of the air, gravity, tides, the salt-content (density) of the water itself, and as always, carbon dioxide levels (in both the water and air). One interruption to the ocean currents could have an enormous impact on the climate. Such things triggered many ice ages in the past.

An example: the way Atlantic currents travel north from tropical latitudes warms European countries at the same latitudes as very, very cold places in North America. http://www.montereyinstitute.org/noaa/le...

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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