Great rivers of the ocean

Vast currents, like giant rivers, flow deep in the seas shaping the Earth's climate with their changing temperatures.

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Jeremy Thomson
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Thomson, J. Great rivers of the ocean. Nature (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/news010111-6