EGD or Upper Endoscopy Procedure. The device used during an EGD procedure is called a flexible endoscope. It is tubular in shape and is very similar to the colonoscope that gastroenterologists use to examine a patientâs colon during a colonoscopy procedure, just thinner in diameter.
What causes ocean currents? Ocean currents result from two processes - the action of wind on the surface of the water, and from variation in water temperature that causes movement- a process known as convection. Convection occurs because the oceanic waters heat up becoming less dense.
Currents may also be generated by density differences in water masses caused by temperature and salinity variations. These currents move water masses through the deep oceanâtaking nutrients, oxygen, and heat with them. Occasional events also trigger serious currents. Huge storms move water masses.