The World's Oceans and Climate

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the vital role that the oceans play regarding the regulation and control of the world's temperature, winds, and precipitation.

From the Paper:

"Through the agency of ocean currents, heat and cold may be distributed over thousands of miles, for it is possible to follow the course of a mass of warm water that originates in the trade wind belt of the southern hemisphere, where a good portion of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans can be found. This redistributing function of the ocean tends to compensate for the uneven heating of the globe by the sun. As it is, ocean currents carry hot equatorial water toward the poles and return cold water equator-ward by surface drifts, such as the Labrador Current, and other deep water currents."

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