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What increases the salinity of the ocean surface water, causing it to sink

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Thermohaline Circulation

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The process is known as “Thermohaline Circulation”. In the Earth’s polar regions ocean water gets very cold, forming sea ice. As a consequence the surrounding seawater gets saltier, because when sea ice forms, the salt is left behind. As the seawater gets saltier, its density increases, and it starts to sink.

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