EARTH SCIENCE
OCEANS
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Question
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the ocean helps keep the temperatures warmer than those in inland areas
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the ocean helps keep the temperatures cooler than those in inland areas
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the ocean has no effect on coastal areas
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the ocean causes unusual weather patterns during winter
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Detailed explanation-1: -The ocean warms and cools more slowly than the atmosphere, thus coastal weather tends to be more moderate than continental weather, with fewer hot and cold extremes. Evaporation from the ocean, especially in the tropics, creates most rain clouds, influencing the location of wet and dry zones on land.
Detailed explanation-2: -The effects of ocean currents on climate are, The warm and cold ocean currents affect the climate of the adjoining land. They have an impact on the climate of the surrounding land. Warm currents raise the temperature of the areas adjacent to them, while colder currents lower the temperature of the adjacent area.
Detailed explanation-3: -As such, sand gets heated or cooled more rapidly as compared to water under the similar conditions. Thus a large difference in temperature is developed between the land and the sea due to which land and sea breezes are formed. These breezes make the climate near the sea shore moderate. Q.
Detailed explanation-4: -What role do oceans play in mitigating climate change? Oceans are the largest heat sink on the planet. They absorb 90% of the excess heat caused by climate change. Oceans are also a very efficient carbon sink, absorbing 23% of human-caused CO2 emissions.
Detailed explanation-5: -In winter, prevailing winds shift and waves become higher and more frequent. These winter waves pick up sand from the beach and move it offshore to form sandbars that buffer the beach from storm erosion because they cause waves to break further offshore.