A NOAA National Ocean Service facts page explaining the thermohaline circulation, the deep, slow global ocean current driven by temperature and salinity differences that takes roughly a thousand years to complete one circuit, alongside the faster wind driven surface currents.
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PublisherNOAA National Ocean Service
URLhttps://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/conveyor.html
Source Typescientific-agency
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