upwelling

noun

up·well·ing ˌəp-ˈwe-liŋ

: the process or an instance of rising or appearing to rise to the surface and flowing outward

especially : the process of upward movement to the ocean surface of deeper cold usually nutrient-rich waters especially along some shores due to the offshore movement of surface waters (as from the action of winds and the Coriolis force)

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But upwelling of seawater seems to be a common factor — and strong upwelling of cold, nutrient-rich water is currently hugging the Central California coastline. —

Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024 Another formation mechanism could be a superstorm, an upwelling of warmer material from Jupiter’s depths that punches out to the cloud tops. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 July 2024 Simulating such an event on Jupiter, the scientists found that this could form a single anticyclonic system, but, like the merging vortices, a singular upwelling of material couldn’t scale up to reach the GRS’s observed size and shape. —

Phil Plait, Scientific American, 12 July 2024 The good news is that powerful hurricanes such as Beryl often consume heat energy, and can create upwellings of cool water. —

Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for upwelling