Tiny waves in the deep ocean can affect the climate thousands of kilometres away
Small-scale deep-sea turbulence may have a global reach, impacting climate predictions and fisheries thousands of kilometres away.
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Researchers, including scientists from Cambridge, have identified that tiny waves and swirls in the deep ocean interior can influence the climate on a global scale. This phenomenon is being compared to a "butterfly effect" originating from the ocean floor.
Coverage from Nature, Phys.org, and Earth.com emphasizes that this hidden turbulence could change how scientists predict global warming. The Conversation and yourweather.co.uk highlight the potential for these small-scale movements to affect climate and fisheries within a single lifetime.
Future focus remains on how these ocean swirls will alter existing global warming predictions and the specific climatic reach of interior ocean turbulence.
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Quick answers
What is the 'butterfly effect' of the ocean floor?
It refers to how tiny waves and small-scale turbulence in the deep ocean can affect the climate thousands of kilometres away.
Who is explaining this phenomenon?
Cambridge scientists are explaining the process according to coverage from yourweather.co.uk.
What potential real-world impacts are mentioned?
The turbulence could alter fisheries and change the way scientists predict global warming.
Coverage (5)
- Tiny ocean swirls could change how scientists predict global warming Earth.com · 2d ago
- Hidden deep-sea turbulence could alter climate and fisheries within one lifetime Phys.org · 2d ago
- Climatic reach of small-scale turbulence in the ocean interior Nature · 2d ago
- The "butterfly effect" of the ocean floor: what is it & how does it affect climate change? Cambridge scientists explain yourweather.co.uk · 2d ago
- Tiny waves in the deep ocean can affect the climate thousands of kilometres away The Conversation · 2d ago
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