Ocean Mixing & Pollution
Channel: Earth Rocks!
Date: 12/10/2016

For an introductory college-level earth sciences class: a review of how surface currents, thermohaline currents, upwelling, and downwelling combine to mix ocean waters. Includes review of the Northern Pacific Garbage Patch. 

**This video comes near the middle of the semester, so there may be terms with which the audience is unfamiliar. For a full playlist, refer to the Oceanography or Geology playlists on the Earth Rocks! YouTube Channel.

Content within this video is based on information available in any standard introductory college oceanography or geology textbook, such as Essentials of Oceanography -- Trujillo and Thurman -- OR Essentials of Geology -- Tarbuck and Lutgens -- Pearson Publishing.

Ocean Circulation Series:
Part 1: Thermohaline Currents
Part 2: Surface Currents
Part 3: Ocean Mixing & Pollution
Part 4: ENSO

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