Differing amounts of solar radiation across earths latitude affects the ocean

Differing amounts of solar radiation across earths latitude affects the ocean Surface temperature

Surface temperature

Explanation:

Since the Earth is round, the angle of the surface in respect to the approaching radiation varies with latitude. At low latitudes, close to the equator, direct overhead daylight got all year heats up surface waters.

At high latitudes, sea waters get less daylight – the poles get just 40 percent of the warmth that the equator does. In the sea, sun based energy is reflected in the upper surface or quickly consumed with depth, implying that the more depth into the sea you dive, the less sunlight there is.

This outcomes in less warming of the water. In this way, the deep ocean is relatively cold than the upper surface.

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