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ocean current

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  • A continuous, directed movement of seawater generated by forces such as wind, the Coriolis effect, and differences in water density.

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Sharks are also heavily impacted by these rising temperatures, as they inhabit an ocean that traps increasing quantities of heat causing sea levels to continuously rise and millennia-old ocean current patterns to shift.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2024

In the past, this ocean current system, the most powerful on Earth, was subject to substantial natural fluctuation, as recent analyses of sediment cores have revealed.

From Science Daily Mar. 27, 2024

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  • river in the sea
  • marine current
  • aquatic conveyor
  • sea stream
  • tidal flow

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  • aquatic standstill
  • slack water

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