Oceans

Thermohaline Circulation

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Image: Ocean circulation conveyor belt diagram by Thomas Splettstoesser, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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The large-scale global movement of ocean water driven by differences in temperature and salinity, redistributing heat and carbon across ocean basins over centuries.

Upwelling

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Image: Upwelling near the coast of Mauritania, European Space Agency, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, via Wikimedia Commons

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An oceanographic process in which wind patterns draw cold, nutrient-rich deep water to the surface, fueling some of the most productive marine ecosystems and fisheries on earth.