m the oceans when surface water moves away from the coast

Last updated: 9/8/2023

m the oceans when surface water moves away from the coast what happens it is steadily replaced by nutrient rich water moving up from the ocean bottom in a process called upwelling it evaporates causing a humid low pressure system causing a cyclone it cools and loses its ability to carry oxygen the anoxic water sinks along the continental shelf causing upwelling surface water is colder but higher in oxygen while the water at the bottom is warmer denser and higher in nutrients as the surface warms becomes denser and begins to sink displacing nutrient laden water at the bottom in a process called upwelling