in the past few decades. Such feature show agreement with climate model prediction under anthropogenic global warming. Paleo-climate reconstruction also suggest that during the past cold climate intervals, i.e., ice ages, some of the western boundary currents (western branches of the subtropical ocean gyres) are closer to the equator than their modern positions. These evidence implies that global warming is very likely to push the large-scale ocean gyres towards higher latitudes. The influence of the Coriolis effect on westward intensification Pollution See also Anticyclone Cyclone Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre Eddy Fluid dynamics Geostrophic current Skookumchuck Volta do mar Whirlpool References External links 5 Gyres – Understanding Plastic Marine Pollution Wind Driven Surface Currents: Gyres SIO 210: Introduction to Physical Oceanography – Global circulation SIO 210: Introduction to Physical Oceanography – Wind-forced circulation notes SIO 210: Introduction to Physical Oceanography – Lecture 6 Physical Geography – Surface and Subsurface Ocean Currents North Pacific Gyre Oscillation — Georgia Institute of Technology Aerodynamics Fluid dynamics Oceanic gyres Fisheries science