Thermohaline Ocean Circulation
Thermohaline Ocean Circulation
#1- What is The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation concept?
The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation is when the circulation of the ocean is caused by heat and freshwater in the sea’s surface. This causes the mixing of heat and salt in the ocean. Thermo is temperature and haline is salt. Temperature and salt are the two factors that determine the sea’s density. The circulation causes differences in seawater density. The circulation also causes warm water from the southern hemisphere to move towards the North Pole. Between Greenland and Norway, the water cools, sinks towards the deep waters, and flows back to the south.
#2- Is it true that Glaciers are melting? What changes in freshwater input to the North Atlantic will …show more content…
If this were to occur, one effect would be coral bleaching. Coral bleaching happens when corals whiten due to the reduce of oxygen. During this process, the algae inside of the corals die and the coral loses its source of nutrition and dies as well. Another effect would be acidic oceans. The oceans would absorb the carbon dioxide released by humans, making them acidic. This would also have an impact on coral and their development. Species that depend on coral as food and protection, would be impacted as well. Fish, squid, and other gilled species may find it harder to breathe since the oxygen count would lessen, resulting in their death. Then fish-eating animals and humans wouldn’t have fish as a source of food. Lastly, the lifestyle and location of many marine species would be altered. Rising temperatures would affect the life cycle and behaviour of marine species. For many, temperature directly affects reproduction, so temperature could determine the successfulness in breeding. Temperature also plays a role in the number of male and female offspring made by marine turtles, fish, and copepods (tiny animals that many marine animals depend on for food).
#6- How would temperature over land be affected by a collapse scenario?
The majority of the sun’s radiation is absorbed by the ocean. The ocean stores the sun’s radiation and distributes it to the land around it. Ocean water is continuously evaporating which cause temperature and humidity of the air around it to form rain and storms, that are then carried away by the winds. The oceans’ currents act like a conveyor belt and this is what regulates the climate. If the oceans’ currents collapsed then the coastal area’s temperatures would change
#1- What is The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation concept?
The Thermohaline Ocean Circulation is when the circulation of the ocean is caused by heat and freshwater in the sea’s surface. This causes the mixing of heat and salt in the ocean. Thermo is temperature and haline is salt. Temperature and salt are the two factors that determine the sea’s density. The circulation causes differences in seawater density. The circulation also causes warm water from the southern hemisphere to move towards the North Pole. Between Greenland and Norway, the water cools, sinks towards the deep waters, and flows back to the south.
#2- Is it true that Glaciers are melting? What changes in freshwater input to the North Atlantic will …show more content…
If this were to occur, one effect would be coral bleaching. Coral bleaching happens when corals whiten due to the reduce of oxygen. During this process, the algae inside of the corals die and the coral loses its source of nutrition and dies as well. Another effect would be acidic oceans. The oceans would absorb the carbon dioxide released by humans, making them acidic. This would also have an impact on coral and their development. Species that depend on coral as food and protection, would be impacted as well. Fish, squid, and other gilled species may find it harder to breathe since the oxygen count would lessen, resulting in their death. Then fish-eating animals and humans wouldn’t have fish as a source of food. Lastly, the lifestyle and location of many marine species would be altered. Rising temperatures would affect the life cycle and behaviour of marine species. For many, temperature directly affects reproduction, so temperature could determine the successfulness in breeding. Temperature also plays a role in the number of male and female offspring made by marine turtles, fish, and copepods (tiny animals that many marine animals depend on for food).
#6- How would temperature over land be affected by a collapse scenario?
The majority of the sun’s radiation is absorbed by the ocean. The ocean stores the sun’s radiation and distributes it to the land around it. Ocean water is continuously evaporating which cause temperature and humidity of the air around it to form rain and storms, that are then carried away by the winds. The oceans’ currents act like a conveyor belt and this is what regulates the climate. If the oceans’ currents collapsed then the coastal area’s temperatures would change