Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL)
Ocean Sciences (OS)

English

16-18

The article and activity sheet are available through the following link: https://futurumcareers.com/modelling-the-effects-of-climate-change-on-complex-ocean-currents

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Ocean currents are complicated systems, and their transport of heat, nutrients and oxygen around the planet is vital for life as we know it. The changing climate, in particular the melting of sea ice and glaciers at high latitudes, threatens to change these currents – which would have significant impacts on oceans and society. At the University of Alberta in Canada, Professor Paul Myers is using powerful numerical models to study these currents and predict how climate change will affect them.

This brochure introduces Paul's work, offers an insight into careers in oceanography, contains interviews with Paul and students in his lab and includes an activity sheet that challenges students to build a 3D model of Arctic Ocean currents.