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Wind-blown Antarctic sea ice helps drive ocean circulation

2016-06-27 10:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

PhysOrg: A team of scientists used a computer model to synthesize millions of ocean and ice observations collected over six years near Antarctica, and estimated, for the first time, the influence of sea ice, glacier ice, precipitation and heating on ocean overturning circulation. Overturning circulation brings deep water and nutrients up to the surface, carries surface water down, and distributes heat and helps store carbon dioxide as it flows through the world's oceans, making it an important force in the...

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