Subscribers: Wind-driven coastal upwelling: an example off the Bay of Islands, New Zealand

Wind-driven upwelling occurs when winds push water offshore and cool nutrient rich water rises from below to replace the surface water that has moved away. This is due to conservation of mass, and Ekman pumping, but you don't have to worry about those oceanographic details. The nutrients brought into the well-lit...

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