COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Massive Southern Ocean Current Discovered
Description: A deep ocean current with a volume equivalent to 40 Amazon Rivers has been discovered by Japanese and Australian scientists 4,200 kilometres south-west of Perth, Australia. In a paper published in Nature Geoscience, the researchers described the current -- more than three kilometres below the Ocean's surface -- as an important pathway in a global network of ocean currents that influence climate patterns. [Source: ScienceDaily]
URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100427101234.htm
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Source: ScienceDaily
Publish Date: 4/27/2010
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