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How do ocean currents affect temperature?

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Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics. Thus, currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface.
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Answer- they carry cold water from the poles to the equator and cool air over land.

They move warm water from the equator to the poles and heat air over land

Explanation: Just took the test.

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