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How does water sink to the bottom of the ocean and then rise to the surface again?.

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Answer: Ekmann Transport

Explanation: This is Ekmann transport, very simply stated. This way, surface water is moved away, and that creates a pressure gradient, would balance which, water sinks where it is driven to, and rises where it is driven from. This is the Ekmann transport driven upwelling/downwelling.

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