AIT-Ocean Currents and Global Warming Questions
1. What part of the gulf stream is fragile?
2. Besides the Earth’s rotation, what factors could lead to prevailing winds from the
Atlantic to Europe?
3. The “global ocean conveyor belt” shows water traveling in two directions, one
deep water current and one surface current. What do you think are the relative
temperatures of the two?
4. Why are Paris and London warmer than Fargo or Montreal?
5. What happens to water in the Atlantic when large amounts of water evaporate and
leave saltier water behind?
6. What is a thermohaline pump?
7. What happened 10,000 years ago that scientists and Europeans worry could
happen again?
8. What could cause that same issue to occur again?