"This is important because this process of deep convection that happens in polynyas is a big contribution to the Antarctic Bottom Waters, these deep currents that feed the rest of the ocean ...

others postulated 'convection currents' caused either by heating and cooling or by evaporation and precipitation. Even today, the driving forces and climatic effects of ocean currents are still ...

which is what happens in the deep ocean. There currents are set in motion by variations in water density caused by differences in temperature and salinity, a process called convection. If you're ...

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the strongest ocean current on Earth ... freshwater influx from melting ice is ...

Researchers suggest that the influx of fresh, cold water is disrupting convection, altering global ocean density. A weaker current may allow warm water to reach Antarctica, accelerating ice loss an ...

The crust of volcanically active Venus could be churning with convection currents just like the ... case of continents and 4 miles thick under ocean basins, Earth's crust is, in contrast, far ...