What are ocean currents? An ocean current is a continuous, directed movement of sea water generated by a number of forces acting upon the water, including wind, the Coriolis effect, breaking waves, cabbeling, and temperature and salinity differences. What is Climate Change? Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. These shifts may be natural, but since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels which produces heat-trapping gases.
How does climate change accelerate ocean currents? An international team led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego used computer model simulations to find that climate change is altering the mechanics of surface ocean circulations, making them become faster and thinner. These changes can have a ripple effect in the ocean, affecting the transport of the nutrients organisms need as well as that of microorganisms themselves. They found that warming makes the topmost layers of water become lighter. The increased density difference of those warm surface layers from the cold water beneath limits the swift ocean currents to a thinner layer, causing the surface currents to speed up in more than three-fourths of the world's oceans.
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Does this indicate that we will have a uninhabitable Earth
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So your topic choice is good but you need to make this more personal and include more of your thoughts and opinions on this to help guide your readers. While your summary is well written, it is also a bit brief. Add your take on the matter. +5 for topic choicej -10 for one day late
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