upwellings
Deep water ascents
Upwellings are instances of rising from below—most often oceanic currents that bring cold, nutrient-rich water from the depths to the surface: Upwellings along the coast support rich fisheries.
The word extends to anything that rises up from within: upwellings of emotion, upwellings of memory.
The singular upwelling works as both noun and adjective: an upwelling of grief, upwelling currents.
Rapid temperature-change layer
- coastalOf the shoreline
- ocean currentsLarge-scale seawater movement
- sea surfaceWater-air interface
- deep waterSignificantly submerged aquatic zone
cold water · productivity · chlorophyll · nitrates · nutrients · fisheries · anchovy · sardine
CO2 storage reservoir
- climate regulationManaging global temperature systems
- wind patternsRecurring atmospheric flow directions
- atmospheric pressureWeight of air above
- weather systemsOrganized atmospheric phenomena
global warming · climate models · El Niño · La Niña · carbon sequestration · cooling effect
thermocline
Rapid temperature-change layer
- coastalOf the shoreline
- ocean currentsLarge-scale seawater movement
- sea surfaceWater-air interface
deep water · cold water · productivity · chlorophyll · nitrates · nutrients · fisheries · anchovy · sardine · forage fish
carbon sink
CO2 storage reservoir
- climate regulationManaging global temperature systems
- wind patternsRecurring atmospheric flow directions
- atmospheric pressureWeight of air above
weather systems · global warming · climate models · El Niño · La Niña · carbon sequestration · cooling effect
surge
Sudden powerful increase
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
- outpouringCopious, spontaneous release
- risingAct of ascending
emotion · grief · joy · tears · feeling · heart · chest · sudden · overwhelming · uncontrollable
upwellingsdowndrafts
Descending air currents
subsidences · sinking · descents · downflows · settling
upwellingssuppressions
Acts of forcibly subduing
submersions · repressions · sinkings · buryings · concealments