Ocean Circulation Sinks
WorldPhysical EnvironmentCirculation sinks are source areas for deep water in high-latitude regions where surface water cools, increases in density, and sinks.
NOAAMap of global ocean circulation sinks, marked by blue circles. Key sinks are located in the North Atlantic (near Greenland and Labrador Sea) and in the Southern Ocean (Weddell Sea near Antarctica).
Ocean Circulation Sinks | Risk level 1 (very low) | Risk level 2 | Risk level 3 (low) | Risk level 4 | Risk level 5 (moderate) | Risk level 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 35.0% | 0.129% | 0.194% | ||||
Arizona | 3.96% | 2.03% | 39.3% | 1.13% | 0.402% | 1.94% | |
Utah | 2.19% | 24.0% | 59.1% | 0.958% | |||
Yukon | 55.1% | 5.40% | 0.314% | ||||
Northwest Territories | 38.2% | 1.33% | 0.447% | ||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||
Florida | 89.2% | 6.71% | |||||
Idaho | 13.6% | 8.18% | 32.7% | 2.94% | |||
New Hampshire | 100% | ||||||
Rhode Island | 95.3% | ||||||
Vermont | 100% | ||||||
Washington | 13.7% | 37.3% | 29.7% | 1.66% | |||
Wyoming | 4.91% | 55.5% | 0.561% | 1.00% | |||
Nunavut | 0.396% | ||||||
Montana | 0.103% | 4.94% | 33.0% | 0.115% | |||
Maine | 99.4% | ||||||
North Dakota | 0.112% | 0.133% | 99.8% | ||||
Kentucky | 35.7% | 64.2% | |||||
Nova Scotia | 79.0% | ||||||
Virginia | 14.9% | 82.6% | 1.66% | ||||
Delaware | 97.6% | ||||||
Prince Edward Island | 95.4% | ||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.108% | 7.01% | 1.30% | 0.348% | |||
Mississippi | 3.08% | 18.3% | 68.7% | 1.07% | |||
West Virginia | 92.7% | 3.42% | 3.86% | ||||
Nebraska | 2.05% | 97.8% | |||||
Texas | 2.19% | 4.69% | 83.5% | 0.249% | 0.428% | ||
Missouri | 0.633% | 95.9% | 1.63% | ||||
Louisiana | 1.01% | 23.5% | 68.0% | 1.27% | |||
North Carolina | 91.0% | 0.995% | |||||
Oregon | 8.75% | 34.0% | 16.1% | ||||
New Brunswick | 99.4% | ||||||
Alabama | 4.06% | 91.4% | 2.97% | ||||
New Mexico | 12.1% | 35.9% | 20.3% | 0.704% | 1.02% | ||
Kansas | 99.9% | ||||||
Wisconsin | 8.12% | 88.8% | |||||
British Columbia | 86.0% | 0.217% | 0.271% | ||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 10.5% | 57.4% | 1.10% | ||||
New Jersey | 98.6% | ||||||
South Carolina | 96.9% | 3.07% | |||||
Michigan | 51.8% | 0.907% | 14.6% | 0.520% | |||
Alberta | 75.6% | 3.33% | 0.547% | ||||
Connecticut | 82.4% | 17.5% | |||||
Pennsylvania | 39.1% | 60.4% | 0.421% | ||||
Colorado | 0.180% | 45.2% | 14.2% | ||||
Nevada | 0.533% | 16.8% | 45.2% | 2.15% | |||
Massachusetts | 92.1% | 4.34% | |||||
Georgia | 0.779% | 71.7% | 16.1% | ||||
New York | 80.6% | 16.2% | |||||
Maryland | 10.9% | 87.5% | |||||
Québec | 69.8% | 0.250% | |||||
Manitoba | 81.9% | 8.24% | 0.169% | 0.546% | 0.815% | ||
Oklahoma | 0.595% | 1.38% | 56.8% | 10.9% | |||
Tennessee | 0.102% | 89.8% | 7.28% | ||||
Ontario | 98.7% | 0.766% | |||||
California | 4.06% | 25.8% | 27.5% | 16.1% | 0.987% | ||
Arkansas | 94.1% | 5.38% | |||||
South Dakota | 0.217% | 99.7% | |||||
Ohio | 2.41% | 0.104% | 97.3% | ||||
Indiana | 4.47% | 95.5% | |||||
Minnesota | 0.208% | 99.8% | |||||
Iowa | 99.9% | ||||||
Illinois | 100% | ||||||
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