upwelled; upwelling; upwells
: to well up
specifically
: to move or flow upward
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To fertilize the Sargassum, Seafields is testing a low-energy pumping system that will upwell nutrients from a few hundred feet below the ocean surface.
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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 7 June 2022
While the depth of the middle of the Pacific Ocean allows cooler waters to upwell, the shallower areas around tropical islands get no such relief.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
Models suggest that when the basin formed, Pluto’s equator was elsewhere, but that after the impact occurred, an underground watery ocean began upwelling into the chasm while ice gathered atop it.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2020
The problem is often exacerbated in near-shore waters where upwelling brings cold, acidic waters from the depths to the surface.
—oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2020
Cold currents from sinking plates would push the blobs around like Silly Putty; in turn, upwelling heat from the warm blobs would push the plates right back.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Jan. 2020
But the absence of upwelling currents there means a mass release of carbon dioxide at a depth of 4,600 feet would likely acidify the surrounding waters but not enter the atmosphere for an extremely long time.
—Todd Woody, National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019
Weaker winds and a probable resulting decline in upwelling were key factors in the spiking water temperatures, according to a recent study led by Joke Lübbecke, an ocean researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany.
—Max Bearak, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
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Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 7 June 2022
While the depth of the middle of the Pacific Ocean allows cooler waters to upwell, the shallower areas around tropical islands get no such relief.
—Matt Simon, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
Models suggest that when the basin formed, Pluto’s equator was elsewhere, but that after the impact occurred, an underground watery ocean began upwelling into the chasm while ice gathered atop it.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2020
The problem is often exacerbated in near-shore waters where upwelling brings cold, acidic waters from the depths to the surface.
—oregonlive, 24 Jan. 2020
Cold currents from sinking plates would push the blobs around like Silly Putty; in turn, upwelling heat from the warm blobs would push the plates right back.
—Quanta Magazine, 7 Jan. 2020
But the absence of upwelling currents there means a mass release of carbon dioxide at a depth of 4,600 feet would likely acidify the surrounding waters but not enter the atmosphere for an extremely long time.
—Todd Woody, National Geographic, 17 Dec. 2019
Weaker winds and a probable resulting decline in upwelling were key factors in the spiking water temperatures, according to a recent study led by Joke Lübbecke, an ocean researcher at the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany.
—Max Bearak, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
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“Upwell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upwell. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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