Abrupt climate shift in the Western Mediterranean Sea.
One century of oceanographic measurements has evidenced gradual increases in temperature and salinity of western Mediterranean water masses, even though the vertical stratification has basically remained unchanged. Starting in 2005, the basic structure of the intermediate and deep layers abruptly ch...
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ftoceandocs:oai:aquadocs.org:1834/12525 2024-06-09T07:48:11+00:00 Abrupt climate shift in the Western Mediterranean Sea. Schroeder, K. Chiggiato, J. Bryden, H. L. Borghini, M. Ben Ismail, Sana Mediterranean 2016 pp.1-7 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/12525 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23009 en eng www.nature.com/srep doi:10.1038/srep23009 http://hdl.handle.net/1834/12525 Climate changes Deep Water Journal Contribution Refereed 2016 ftoceandocs https://doi.org/10.1038/srep23009 2024-05-15T08:02:16Z One century of oceanographic measurements has evidenced gradual increases in temperature and salinity of western Mediterranean water masses, even though the vertical stratification has basically remained unchanged. Starting in 2005, the basic structure of the intermediate and deep layers abruptly changed. We report here evidence of reinforced thermohaline variability in the deep western basin with significant dense water formation events producing large amounts of warmer, saltier and denser water masses than ever before. We provide a detailed chronological order to these changes, giving an overview of the new water masses and following their route from the central basin interior to the east (toward the Tyrrhenian) and toward the Atlantic Ocean. As a consequence of this climate shift, new deep waters outflowing through Gibraltar will impact the North Atlantic in terms of salt and heat input. In addition, modifications in the Mediterranean abyssal ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles are to be expected. Published Book North Atlantic IODE-UNESCO: OceanDocs - E-Repository of Ocean Publications Western Basin Scientific Reports 6 1 |
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One century of oceanographic measurements has evidenced gradual increases in temperature and salinity of western Mediterranean water masses, even though the vertical stratification has basically remained unchanged. Starting in 2005, the basic structure of the intermediate and deep layers abruptly changed. We report here evidence of reinforced thermohaline variability in the deep western basin with significant dense water formation events producing large amounts of warmer, saltier and denser water masses than ever before. We provide a detailed chronological order to these changes, giving an overview of the new water masses and following their route from the central basin interior to the east (toward the Tyrrhenian) and toward the Atlantic Ocean. As a consequence of this climate shift, new deep waters outflowing through Gibraltar will impact the North Atlantic in terms of salt and heat input. In addition, modifications in the Mediterranean abyssal ecosystems and biogeochemical cycles are to be expected. Published |
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Abrupt climate shift in the Western Mediterranean Sea. |
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Abrupt climate shift in the Western Mediterranean Sea. |
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