Currents affect climate by moving cold and warm water around the globe. In general, how do currents carry water? Currents carry warm water from the tropics toward the poles and bring cold water back toward the equator. Since cold air holds less moisture than warm air, these currents bring cool, dry weather.

Ocean water is constantly evaporating, increasing the temperature and humidity of the surrounding air to form rain and storms that are then carried by trade winds. Thus, ocean currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth’s surface.

The way the air moves affects the weather, because winds move heat and cold temperatures as well as moisture from one place to another, transporting conditions from one geographical zone to another. The way winds pass each other, and the direction they move, also affects what weather a region will see on any given day.

Because there are so few options for recycling the blades currently, the vast majority of those that reach end-of-use are either being stored in various places or taken to landfills. Indeed, Bloomberg Green reported earlier this year on wind turbine blades being disposed of in landfills.

Built to withstand hurricane winds, the turbine blades cannot easily be crushed or recycled. About 8,000 of the blades are decommissioned in the U.S. every year. Once they are in the ground, the blades will remain there essentially forever – they do not degrade or break down over time.

Why do the turbines not spin at times? The most common reason that turbines stop spinning is because the wind is not blowing fast enough. Most wind turbines need a sustained wind speed of 9 MPH or higher to operate. Technicians will also stop turbines to perform routine maintenance or repairs.

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