The ocean flows downhill near the seafloor and recirculates upward above

Abstract The ocean’s circulation redistributes heat, salt, biota, dissolved gases, microplastics, and sediments on Earth. The abyssal ocean, in the lowest 1000 m above the seafloor, moves on average with the deeper seafloor to its left in the Northern Hemisphere and to its right in the Southern Hemi...

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Main Authors: René Schubert, Jonathan Gula, Esther Capó, Pierre Damien, M. Jeroen Molemaker, Clément Vic, James C. McWilliams
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-61027-2
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