It slooowwwwssss down... the colder the slower.
<span>Ocean currents act much like a conveyer belt, transporting warm water and precipitation from the equator toward the poles and cold water from the poles back to the tropics. Thus, currents regulate global climate, helping to counteract the uneven distribution of solar radiation reaching Earth's surface.</span>
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Making farm land (agriculture), terraforming (so we can build homes etc.)