Dilution of the Northern North Atlantic Ocean in Recent Decades
Declining salinities signify that large amounts of fresh water have been added to the northern North Atlantic Ocean since the mid-1960s. We estimate that the Nordic Seas and Subpolar Basins were diluted by an extra 19,000 ± 5000 cubic kilometers of freshwater input between 1965 and 1995. Fully half...
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craaas:10.1126/science.1109477 2024-09-15T18:20:28+00:00 Dilution of the Northern North Atlantic Ocean in Recent Decades Curry, Ruth Mauritzen, Cecilie 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1109477 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1109477 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 308, issue 5729, page 1772-1774 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2005 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1109477 2024-08-08T04:01:32Z Declining salinities signify that large amounts of fresh water have been added to the northern North Atlantic Ocean since the mid-1960s. We estimate that the Nordic Seas and Subpolar Basins were diluted by an extra 19,000 ± 5000 cubic kilometers of freshwater input between 1965 and 1995. Fully half of that additional fresh water—about 10,000 cubic kilometers—infiltrated the system in the late 1960s at an approximate rate of 2000 cubic kilometers per year. Patterns of freshwater accumulation observed in the Nordic Seas suggest a century time scale to reach freshening thresholds critical to that portion of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Nordic Seas North Atlantic AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Science 308 5729 1772 1774 |
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Declining salinities signify that large amounts of fresh water have been added to the northern North Atlantic Ocean since the mid-1960s. We estimate that the Nordic Seas and Subpolar Basins were diluted by an extra 19,000 ± 5000 cubic kilometers of freshwater input between 1965 and 1995. Fully half of that additional fresh water—about 10,000 cubic kilometers—infiltrated the system in the late 1960s at an approximate rate of 2000 cubic kilometers per year. Patterns of freshwater accumulation observed in the Nordic Seas suggest a century time scale to reach freshening thresholds critical to that portion of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. |
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Dilution of the Northern North Atlantic Ocean in Recent Decades |
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Dilution of the Northern North Atlantic Ocean in Recent Decades |
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Dilution of the Northern North Atlantic Ocean in Recent Decades |
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Dilution of the Northern North Atlantic Ocean in Recent Decades |
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