Ocean heat is of interest to scientists because it reveals information about sea level rise. Because warm water is less dense than cold water, it is higher in volume and causes the surface of the ocean to increase in height. It is estimated that roughly 50% of sea level rise is due to...
The emergence of these low-oxygen extreme events is influenced by multiple factors, including anomalous water mass distributions and ocean eddies etc.5,21. Importantly, case studies have suggested that marine heatwaves may act as catalysts for extreme low-oxygen events: the abnormally low dissolved ...
On average, the δ18Owater value of water vapor is 9‰ lower than its source water (Figure 1). Fractionation during condensation concentrates the H2O18 molecules in the precipitation (rain/snow) by ∼9‰. Therefore, if all of the water evaporated in the tropics rained back into the ...
The gradual variation over the course of the drift reflects transformation of the West Spitsbergen Current into Arctic water masses. A significant intersite variability on horizontal scales of 10 to 100 m is ascribed to the interaction between under-ice topographic features and turbulent energy and ...
"How this map was created: The SLOSH (Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes) model is a numerical model used by NWS to compute storm surge. Storm surge is defined as the abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides. Flooding from ...
There is less agreement in the patterns of change at deeper levels, potentially linked to differences in the representation of ocean dynamics, such as water mass formation processes. However, the Atlantic and Southern Oceans are regions in which many ORAs show widespread warming below 700 m over ...
Ocean heat content (OHC) anomalies$\Delta \zeta$can be estimated from temperature anomalies by multiplying the temperature anomalies by the total water volume$V$, the water density$\rho$and the specific heat capacity of sea water$c_T$: ...
These currents bring warm water from the equator to cooler parts of the ocean; they transfer heat energy. Let’s take the Gulf Stream as an example; you can find the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic Ocean in Figure 14.15. The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that transports warm water ...
Pacific Ocean, body of salt water extending from the 60° S parallel in the south to the Arctic in the north and lying between the continents of Asia and Australia on the west and North and South America on the east. Its area, excluding adjacent seas, en
Atlantic Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of Earth’s surface and separating the continents of Europe and Africa to the east from those of North and South America to the west. The ocean’s name, derived from Greek mythology, means the “Sea of Atlas.” It is sec...