Section 4
How Do Plate Tectonics and Ocean Currents Affect Climate?
In this section you will find materials that support the implementation of EarthComm, Section 4: How Do Plate Tectonics and Ocean Currents Affect Climate?.
- To learn more about the flow of North Atlantic Deep Water, visit the following web sites:
Lamont's Broecker Warns Gases Could Alter Climate: Oceans' Circulation Could Collapse, Columbia University
Provides useful information on the importance of the NADW and its relationship to other systems.
Ocean Circulation Shut Down by Melting Glaciers After Last Ice Age, NASA
Provides basic information on the North Atlantic Ocean Circulation System as well as the effect of the last ice age on this system.
To learn more about this topic, visit the following web sites:
How Ocean Currents Affect Climate
How the Oceans Influence Climate, The Global Development Research Center
Looks at the influence of ocean circulation on climate.
Ocean Currents and Climate, USC
Learn more about the different oceanic currents and the role those currents play on climate change.
How Plate Tectonics Affect Global Climate
Hot Vents and Global Climate, platetectonics.com
Learn more about how plate tectonics affect Climate Change.
Climate Change - Plate Tectonics, Lyndon State College
Looks at how plate tectonics affect climate change.
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