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What causes thermohaline circulation?
The term thermohaline circulation ( THC ) refers to the part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes
Are thermohaline currents surface or deep water currents?
deepwater currents
Will rising sea levels affect the Gulf stream?
Yes, the thermohaline currents will be affected.
What are causes of the ocean currents?
The two causes of ocean currents are wind and the rotation of the earth(etc) The wind blows which makes the currents in the water and the rotation of the earth(gravity) makes currents in the ocean currents. Luaye Sharawy
The Earth's great bodies of water are referred to as energy reservoirs because?
Thermohaline currents transport heat deeper into the ocean layers.
What causes the formation of the two type of ocean currents?
The MOON and SUN
What causes the formation of the two types of ocean currents?
Temperature, density, and salinity of water
What are the two main causes for Harry Hess' mid ocean ridge?
it is formed from convection currents.
Why is the thermohaline circulation important?
Thermohaline circulation brings oxygen rich water to the deep ocean.
How can thermohaline circulation regulate climate?
It is gravity that drives thermohaline circulation. It's a gravity current. We usually apply the term thermohaline circulation to the deep ocean currents that are driven by gravity. Colder water or water that has a higher salt content than other water is more dense, and gravity will act on it to pull it "down" deeper. It will displace warmer or less salty water and move to greater depths. This sets the stage for a deep ocean current we call a thermohaline expressway. Use the links below for more information on gravity currents (which are sometimes called density currents)._______________________sflo:I would say this answer is limited in explaining what drives thermohaline circulation. Changes in density certainly affect circulation, particularly when water emerges from the deep or submerges to depths (upwelling and downwelling), but the effects of "gravity" on water masses of varying densities aren't a driver of circulation, per se. I would like to point that within the "thermohaline circulation," "thermo-" and "haline" are both components of the name. Thus in a more elemental manner, it makes more sense to explain this phenomenon by temperature and salinity differences, as well as the resulting changes in density, rather than merely "gravity."For a great snap-shot of our current understanding (or rather lack-therof) of the thermohaline circulation, what drives it, and how it affects or is affected by climate, please look-up:"Thermohaline circulation: The current climate" Nature421, 699 (13 February 2003) | doi:10.1038/421699a == ==
What are the causes of currents?
its caused by the moon
What causes high and low currents?
In electricity? High voltage ,high currents. Low voltage, low currents.
