As warm air rises and cold air sinks it forms three atmospheric circulation cells north of the equator and three to the south. These circulation cells move over land and sea to redistribute the ...

As a result, the North Atlantic could be flooded with freshwater which would weaken the global ocean circulation. One of the ocean currents in the Arctic Ocean is at risk of disappearing this ...

Some of the climate system's responses to global warming are rather surprising. Contrary to scientists' expectations, the ...

This process maintains the global energy balance. Scientists have studied atmospheric circulation and have agreed ... This is called the three cell model and can be seen in the diagram below.