{"id":210738,"date":"2022-10-17T18:51:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=210738"},"modified":"2022-10-17T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:21:17","slug":"ocean-currents-protect-galapagos-islands-from-global-warming-but-are-they-safe-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ocean-currents-protect-galapagos-islands-from-global-warming-but-are-they-safe-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean currents protect Gal\u00e1pagos Islands from global warming; but are they safe forever?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cOcean currents protect Gal\u00e1pagos Islands from global warming; but are they safe forever?\u201d <\/b>published in<\/span> Down To Earth <\/b>on 17th October 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

According to a study, <\/span>Cold ocean currents have sheltered the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands from global warming.<\/span><\/p>\n

About Galapagos Island<\/b><\/h5>\n
\"Galapagos
Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Galapagos Islands are a part of Ecuador. These are located in the Pacific Ocean around 1,000 km away from the South American continent.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1978, the islands became UNESCO\u2019s first World Heritage Site. It is described by the UNESCO World Heritage Convention as a \u201cliving museum and showcase of evolution.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The islands contain aquatic species such as manta rays and sharks which have been endangered by commercial fishing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gal\u00e1pagos is home to the critically endangered \u2014 Gal\u00e1pagos penguin, Gal\u00e1pagos fur seal and Gal\u00e1pagos sea lion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also, the giant tortoises found here \u2013 ‘Gal\u00e1pagos’ in old Spanish \u2013 give the islands its name.<\/span><\/p>\n

How are cold ocean currents helping Galapagos Islands <\/b>from global warming<\/b>?<\/b><\/h5>\n

The Galapagos islands are protected from an otherwise warming the Pacific Ocean by a cold, eastward equatorial ocean current.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The equatorial undercurrent in the Pacific Ocean is bound to the equator by the force of the planet\u2019s rotation. Under the ocean\u2019s surface, a swift circulation of cold, nutrient-rich water flows from west to east.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of this water is forced to the surface when it reaches the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands. The nutrient-rich water triggers photosynthesis and leads to an explosion of food for a wide variety of animals.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cOcean currents protect Gal\u00e1pagos Islands from global warming; but are they safe forever?\u201d published in Down To Earth on 17th October 2022. What is the News? According to a study, Cold ocean currents have sheltered the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands from global warming. About Galapagos Island The Galapagos Islands… Continue reading Ocean currents protect Gal\u00e1pagos Islands from global warming; but are they safe forever?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,164,9],"tags":[10504,10514],"class_list":["post-210738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-down-to-earth","tag-dte","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210738\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}