Huge current discovered in Southern Ocean

ABC News (Australia) ^ | April 25, 2010

[rdl6989]

Australian and Japanese scientists found the current using measuring devices anchored to the ocean floor about 4,200 kilometres south-west of Perth.

Dr Steve Rintoul from the CSIRO in Hobart says the current is flowing about three kilometres below the surface and carries 40 times as much water as the Amazon River.

"It's a larger part of the deep ocean current system than we expected," he said.

[rdl6989]

You mean the oceans influence the climate? I thought it was SUV's.

[rdl6989]

ping

[KoRn]

[mlocher]

"We're seeing signals of change, we're seeing the water is fresher than it used to be," he said.

Next we will be told that the fresher water is the result of ice caps melting, caused by ..... you and me.

[boomop1]

This could be series.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

“We’re seeing signals of change, we’re seeing the water is fresher than it used to be,” he said.

But, wait! It thought the oceans were getting saltier because of all the road salt we have been using to melt ice!

[bubbacluck]

The anti-salt crusade in New York is working even better than everyone thought it would.

[skr]

God knows how to make a closed system work.

[steelyourfaith]

Thanx !

"Ocean currents help regulate the Earth's climate by storing and transporting heat and carbon dioxide. Dr Rintoul says the discovery will help ongoing studies of climate change. 'We're seeing signals of change, we're seeing the water is fresher than it used to be,' he said."

I guess we have Ted Danson to thank for saving the oceans.

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[mlocher]

But, wait! It thought the oceans were getting saltier because of all the road salt we have been using to melt ice!

The anti-salt crusade in New York is working even better than everyone thought it would.

Are we allowed to salt our roadkill?

[HiTech RedNeck]

This is deep on the bottom. Fresh water shouldn’t be getting down there because it is less dense.

[GOPJ]

... and SUV’s.

[Joe Boucher]

Nope.
Cow farts.

[17th Miss Regt]

I blame this current on George Bush. And racism.

[EBH]

It is spring. And I would think there is a seasonal overturn for the oceans too.

[wizr]

Shouldn’t this be listed under Current Events?

or, is it Undercurrent Events?

[Gene Eric]

So much for those perfected climate models.

[cookcounty]

"This is deep on the bottom. Fresh water shouldn’t be getting down there because it is less dense.

Exactly. It should have been especially noticable on the surface. So what is the source? (Creo alert for Walter Brown)

[AGreatPer]

So, where does it start and where does it end?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks rdl6989!

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