Which mechanism regulates global temperatures via ocean currents?

💡 Explanation

Thermohaline circulation distributes heat from the equator to higher latitudes, because density differences drive a global conveyor belt, therefore the water's temperature regulation effects rather than just wind driven motion through Ekman transport do the work.

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