California Current

American  

noun

1. a cold current originating in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, flowing SE along the coast of W North America.

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Example Sentences

In a study published on November 13th in Nature Communications, the research team used the California Current as a case study and found that upwelling regions significantly intensify ocean acidification rather than simply reflecting atmospheric trends.

From Science Daily

The California Current is only one example of a much broader pattern.

From Science Daily

Co Author Dr. Hana Jurikova, Senior Research Fellow in the School of Earth and Environmental Science, said: "Predicting how upwelling systems will respond to climate change is highly complex, as anthropogenic influences interact with natural sources of ocean acidification. Our research shows that such interactions can amplify environmental change in the California Current System, highlighting the need for similar studies in other regions to better anticipate future change."

From Science Daily

“It was astonishing,” said research ecologist Jan Roletto, who sighted the whale about three miles west of Point Reyes National Seashore while aboard a research vessel for the Applied California Current Ecosystem Studies.

From Seattle Times

The study, just published in the journal Nature Communications, is the first of its kind to examine the impacts of marine heat waves on the entire ocean ecosystem in the northern California Current, the span of waters along the West Coast from Washington to Northern California.

From Science Daily