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Reviewing Upwelling, El Nino, & Thermohaline circulation

Reviewing Upwelling, El Nino, & Thermohaline circulation. Upwelling vs Downwelling… so what?. 1. What pattern do you see? As Temperature _______, Dissolved oxygen (DO) ________ 2. What is DO in the water? (why important?) 3. When is there more DO in the water? Less DO?. Upwelling .

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Reviewing Upwelling, El Nino, & Thermohaline circulation

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  1. Reviewing Upwelling, El Nino, & Thermohaline circulation

  2. Upwelling vs Downwelling… so what? • 1. What pattern do you see? • As Temperature _______, Dissolved oxygen (DO) ________ • 2. What is DO in the water? (why important?) • 3. When is there more DO in the water? Less DO?

  3. Upwelling Importance of Upwelling? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al8WrXkLuL4 (1 min) How does upwelling impact the Leatherbacks food source Jellyfish? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_yXHGQYpBc ( 2:20 min)

  4. El Niño • How did El Nino get its name? (what time of year does it usually start?) • As warm water travels east to South America, what happens to • Indonesia? • California? • How is La Nina different from El Niño? • Explain the biological impacts of el Niño. http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/environment/environment-natural-disasters/landslides-and-more/el-nino/ (3 min)

  5. What is this?

  6. Thermo- what? • 10. What is the Thermohaline circulation? • 11. How is Thermohaline Current different from Sea Surface Currents? • 12. What would happen to the thermohaline circulation if salinity in the ocean became more unified through-out? • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkRQjTdTvFE (4 min) • Discovery education video- Deep currents (4 min video clip on thermohaline circulation)

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