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Thermohaline Currents or the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt
A diagram illustrating the thermohaline currents (THC), or the global conveyor belt. One cycle of the conveyor belt takes about 1,000 years, but shifts in the THC’s conveyor belt can cause major changes in climate over relatively short time scales (10 ...
- 1. Aerosol Optical Depth
- 3. Alaska Modern Glaciation, 2012
- 15. Carbon Cycle
- 16. Changes in the Distribution of the Pacific Walrus
- 2. Aerosol Particle Size
- 4. Alaska's Late Wisconsin Glaciation Maximum
- 34. Global per Capita Carbon Emissions, 1950 to 2008
- 29. Global Carbon Sinks and Sources
- 6. Albedo of the Earth, 2008
- 5. Alaska's Pleistocene Glaciation Maximum
- 36. Global Ranking of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2009
- 38. Global Temperature Change, 2012 to 2099
- 7. Analyses of Primary Productivity in the Ocean and on Land
- 14. Beringia and the Bering Land Bridge
- 43. Greenhouse Gases in the Atmosphere Over Time
- 41. Global Wildland Fire Projections
- 8. Annual Mean Atmospheric Pressure, July 1983 to June 2005
- 24. Geological Time Scale
- 47. Hydrologic or Water Cycle
- 58. Minimal Arctic Sea Ice Extent, September 1979 and September 2012
- 9. Annual Mean Precipitation per Capita, 2009
- 42. Gondwana Fossil Distributions
- 48. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Global Surface Warming Scenarios
- 63. Pacific Island Nations Threatened by Sea-Level Rise
- 10. Antarctic Ozone Hole
- 54. Laurasia and Gondwana
- 84. Urban Heat Islands
- 65. Projected U.S. Precipitation Changes, 2011 to 2099
- 11. Arctic Tundra
- 64. Pangaea
- 85. Urban Heat Islands: New York and Atlanta
- 66. Projected U.S. Temperature Changes, 2012 to 2099
- 12. Atmospheric Circulation
- 81. Tectonic Plates
- 92. World Malaria and Climate Change, 2010 to 2050
- 67. Redwood Distribution and Climate Change Scenarios
- 13. August Temperatures, 2010 to 2012
- 87. Volcanoes of the World
- 69. Sea-Level Rise Scenarios, 2010 to 2100
- 17. Changes in U.S. Tornadoes
- 88. Vostok Ice Core
- 18. Clear Sky and Total Sky Albedo, 2010
- 19. Clouds: A Visible Form of Water Vapor in the Atmosphere
- 20. Coastal Upwelling
- 21. Convection
- 22. Coriolis Effect
- 23. Fossil Fuels: Million Metric Tons of Carbon Produced Globally
- 25. Global Agricultural Lands, 2009
- 26. Global Annual Precipitation, 2009
- 27. Global Average Particulate Matter in the Atmosphere, 2008
- 28. Global Carbon Footprints, 2007
- 30. Global Cloud Fraction, 2009
- 31. Global Deforestation
- 32. Global Drinking Water Availability, 2010
- 33. Global Ocean Currents
- 35. Global per Capita Drinking Water, 2007
- 37. Global Solar Insolation, 2009
- 39. Global Tornadoes, 2012
- 40. Global Typhoons and Hurricanes, 1851 to 2006
- 41. Global Wildland Fire Projections
- 44. Greenland
- 45. Gulf Stream, 2010
- 46. Hurricane Tracks, 1851 to 2004
- 49. January and June Global Precipitation, 2005
- 50. January and June Mean Atmospheric Pressure, July 1983 to June 2005
- 51. January Temperatures, 2010 to 2012
- 52. La Niña
- 53. Land Surface Temperature Anomalies
- 55. Marine Biomes, 2010
- 56. Mean Annual Sea Surface Temperature
- 57. Mean Annual Surface Temperatures, 2010 to 2012
- 59. Net Primary Productivity of Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2007
- 60. Observed U.S. Temperature Change
- 61. Orographic Rainfall
- 62. Pacific El Niño
- 68. Sea and Land Breezes
- 70. Sea Surface Temperature Anomalies
- 71. Seasonal Cycles: December 22
- 72. Seasonal Cycles: June 22
- 73. Seasonal Cycles: March 21
- 74. Seasonal Cycles: September 23
- 75. Solar Radiation in the Atmosphere
- 76. Solar Winds
- 77. Summer and Winter Polar Ice and Snow Extent
- 78. Summer (Rainy) Monsoon
- 79. Sunspot Prediction and Occurrence, 1995-2020
- 80. Taiga or Northern Boreal Forest
- 82. Terrestrial Biomes, 2010
- 83. Thermohaline Currents or the Global Ocean Conveyor Belt
- 86. U.S. Industrial Carbon Monoxide Emissions, 2005
- 89. Walker Circulation
- 90. Whittaker Biome Model
- 91. Winter (Dry) Monsoon
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