> Most deep ocean water gets there in only two ways, forming either near Greenland or Antarctica when water gets sufficiently cold and salty to “sink”.
Hypothetically, if I wanted to pour water into the ocean and be assured it would sink to the bottom of the ocean, what volume of water and how cold / salty would it need to be to get there?
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> Most deep ocean water gets there in only two ways, forming either near Greenland or Antarctica when water gets sufficiently cold and salty to “sink”.
Hypothetically, if I wanted to pour water into the ocean and be assured it would sink to the bottom of the ocean, what volume of water and how cold / salty would it need to be to get there?