Arctic Environment by the Middle of This Century

At around 2040–2050 we will be in a new major Solar Minimum. It is to be expected that we will then have a new “Little Ice Age” over the Arctic and NW Europe. The past Solar Minima were linked to a general speeding-up of the Earth's rate of rotation. This affected the surface currents and south...

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Published in:Energy & Environment
Main Author: Mörner, Nils-Axel
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2011
Subjects:
Energy (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Environmental Engineering
Arctic
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1260/0958-305x.22.3.207
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1260/0958-305X.22.3.207
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Summary:At around 2040–2050 we will be in a new major Solar Minimum. It is to be expected that we will then have a new “Little Ice Age” over the Arctic and NW Europe. The past Solar Minima were linked to a general speeding-up of the Earth's rate of rotation. This affected the surface currents and southward penetration of Arctic water in the North Atlantic causing “Little Ice Ages” over northwestern Europe and the Arctic.

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