https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor Hydro the Water Molecule's Great Journey along the Great Ocean Conveyor. en-us 2020-06-01 16:15:17 UTC 2025-01-30 08:50:06 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30a.png chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605141476 This is where the long journey begins. The water was FREEZING here. Because I'm so cold, I became much more dense and start sinking to the bottom of the ocean. For the next hundreds of years, I was slowly traveling with the current to reach our next location. The water did feel more saltier, and that as because of the abundance of sea ice formations. I sank to the thermocline layer of the ocean.

]]> 2020-06-01 16:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605141476 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605145972 Hello Earth friends! My name is Hydro and I'm a water molecule traveling through the Great Ocean Conveyor. I am going to be telling you about my 1,000 year trip along the oceans of Planet Earth. ]]> 2020-06-01 16:19:43 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605145972 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605153163 2020-06-01 16:23:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605153163 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605165102 2020-06-01 16:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605165102 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605175411 Finally I reached Antarctica, the opposite side of the Earth! The water here is still cold, and I become more salty, cold and dense. There are no continents really, so I can flow freely here! I was still sinking but this was the location where I felt like I was being "recharged". ]]> 2020-06-01 16:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/605175411 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/609986496 Wow after a few hundred years of traveling SUPER slowly in the deep, cold, Atlantic Ocean, I finally reached the coastline of South America. The reason why I was traveling at a slow speed was because of my temperature, being in such a deep place in the ocean and not seeing the sun in years, I'm traveling slowly. We are in the North Atlantic Deep Water. ]]> 2020-06-04 00:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/609986496 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/609989556 I started to feel a lot warmer. I found myself rising to the surface, in a process called uprising. I felt less salty, and warmer. That meant I was less dense.  ]]> 2020-06-04 00:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/609989556 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/609989785 Oh no! We encountered melting sea ice! This melting sea ice added fresh water to the Global Conveyor process. I started to rise towards the surface, because that melting sea ice increases the ocean's temperature, making water molecules like me much less dense. The takeaway from this melting sea ice is that it could mess up the natural ocean's circulation! In addition, since I was warmer, I sped up! The consequences of climate change which causes sea ice to melt is that the nutrients I carry wouldn't be able to reach the surface layer organisms, and those organisms would die. ]]> 2020-06-04 00:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/609989785 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611447679 I was still in deep water by the time I reached the shoreline of Australia. However, being underwater so long I collected nutrients from decayed organisms and plants. It's still cold, and I still move at a slow rate. ]]> 2020-06-04 16:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611447679 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611458659 We are now at the point in this journey where I'm no longer traveling in the deep, cold, Atlantic waters but now the traveling with the surface currents. I'm now wind-driven, not driven by changes in the water density!]]> 2020-06-04 16:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611458659 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611471251 I will tell you it felt AWESOME to travel in warm currents rather than cold currents like we did in the start of this journey. At this point, all the nutrients I gained underwater have been depleted to provide nutrients for organisms living in the surface layers.]]> 2020-06-04 16:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611471251 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611514660 2020-06-04 16:59:32 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611514660 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611518267 2020-06-04 17:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611518267 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611520934 2020-06-04 17:02:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/611520934 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612029848 2020-06-04 22:50:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612029848 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612030403 2020-06-04 22:50:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612030403 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612031765 Check out this spectacular image of the Antarctic Ice Caps! You don't get to see this everyday, and I find it amazing how these large chunks of ice are. ]]> 2020-06-04 22:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612031765 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612034619 Look at the fish I spotted as I made my way back to Greenland! The surface currents of the Atlantic Ocean provides life for these huge and heavy tuna!]]> 2020-06-04 22:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612034619 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612038295 This is the submarine that I, Hydro, travelled in on this 1000 year expedition. ]]> 2020-06-04 23:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612038295 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612039116 Make sure you have your temperature control suit! The Earth is facing changes in climate, and it has interrupted the Great Ocean Conveyor journey. One time when arrived to Antarctica, it was somehow warm because of melting sea ice. So, in order to keep sticking it out through the journey, make sure to bring your temperature control suit!]]> 2020-06-04 23:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612039116 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612042389 While traveling, I saw this beautiful Blue Tang off as I was returning to Greenland in the North Atlantic. It was gorgeous, vibrant blue!]]> 2020-06-04 23:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612042389 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612044572 The transition was not super smooth. As soon as the journey began, I began to sink. The water was so cold, and I began to feel more compact. This movement creates a current, and I'll be honest, I'm happy to be part of a current!]]> 2020-06-04 23:09:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612044572 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612047111 Well, we have reached our destination. Greenland. I will say being underwater for so long made me see things I never saw again. This was an amazing trip, and this journal was so much fun to put together!]]> 2020-06-04 23:12:35 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612047111 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612048250 When I tell you I was happy, I was BEAMING! I gained a lot of nutrients being in the deep part of the ocean, but I'm more of a sunlight molecule. I love the sun, and I missed it for so many years. As I was making my way to the surface, I felt warmer, more spread out and less compact. ]]> 2020-06-04 23:14:06 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612048250 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612049593 2020-06-04 23:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612049593 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612055501 All that time spent underwater, I gain nutrients! When I reached the surface, organisms like this seaweed utilize the nutrients I carried!]]> 2020-06-04 23:23:15 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612055501 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612059784 2020-06-04 23:28:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612059784 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612061909 2020-06-04 23:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612061909 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612063108 Take a look at the organisms I met on the way!]]> 2020-06-04 23:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612063108 chng5 https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612064192 2020-06-04 23:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/chng5/greatoceanconveyor/wish/612064192