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Factors the Affect Climate Ocean Currents

Factors the Affect Climate Ocean Currents. By some estimates, as many as 10 000 cargo containers are lost, during storms, every year. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01808/boat-cargo-falling_1808576b.jpg.

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Factors the Affect Climate Ocean Currents

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  1. Factors the Affect ClimateOcean Currents

  2. By some estimates, as many as 10 000 cargo containers are lost, during storms, every year. http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01808/boat-cargo-falling_1808576b.jpg

  3. Most of these containers end up on the bottom of the ocean, but sometimes they break open and spill their contents into the ocean. http://cgmindustries.typepad.com/.a/6a0133f384af75970b0147e31b2235970b-800wi

  4. In 1992, a container with a shipment of rubber ducks (and other bathtub toys) fell into the Pacific Ocean and have been being tracked ever since by Dr, Charles Ebbesmeyer.

  5. The map below shows their journey so far. http://followthecontainer.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/ocean-debris-friendly_floatees.png

  6. Neat story, but so what???? The rubber ducks is an illustration of how water moves through the world’s ocean transferring ducks, but also transferring energy. Look at the map below. http://www.uncommonthought.com/mtblog/linked_files/OceanCurrents.gif

  7. The Air Above Ocean Currents • Water brings with it the characteristics it possesses. What do we mean by that? • Warm currents make the air above them warmer, while cool currents cool the air above them.

  8. When Currents Collide • What happens when a cool currents (e.g. The Labrador Current) comes close to (or collides with) a warm current (e.g. the Gulf Stream).  Fog

  9. The Foggiest Place in the World • Grand Banks, where the Labrador Current and the Gulf Stream collide, is the foggiest place in the world.

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