单词 | thermohaline circulation |
释义 | thermohaline circulation/ˌθəːmə(ʊ)ˈheɪlʌɪn / /-ˈheɪliːn/noun [mass noun] Oceanography The movement of seawater in a pattern of flow dependent on variations in temperature, which give rise to changes in salt content and hence in density.A collapse of the west Antarctic ice sheet (which would raise global sea levels by several tens of metres) might shut down the Atlantic thermohaline circulation, including the Gulf Stream, that warms western Europe....
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