Sticking with the theme of ocean currents
Sticking with the theme of ocean currents, (from portfolio #2), I will reflect on Jan Kay?s Dec. 4, 2000 article titled ?Warming taking food from Pacific.? This article was retrieved from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . According to this article, warmer waters and changing ocean currents within the Pacific Ocean maybe causing a decline in plankton. Ocean plankton are the food source for many larger ocean creatures. According to a 50 year study, conducted by California Cooperative Fisheries Inves
CCFI states that within the past two decades, especially in an El Nino year, warmer tropical Pacific Ocean currents have moved south to north along the California coast. The water from the higher latitudes begins to upwell as it moves south. I am unfamiliar with the basic requirements of life for plankton. What I am familiar with are ocean currents and, this article seems to be accurate in comparssion to other sources. This causes colder more dense water from the higher latitudes along the western coast of Canada and the U. Bibliography References 1. According to this article and satellite sensors which, help scientist map the oceans circulation, show that waters along the western U. According to yearly research, conducted by a multitude of agencies, plankton counts dwindle every November and February due to warmer waters.
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