The Pacific Ocean Is Doing Something Weird as It Warms: Young Water Gets Older, And Old Water Gets Younger
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The Pacific Ocean Is Doing Something Weird as It Warms: Young Water Gets Older, And Old Water Gets Younger
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A new study suggests that climate change may be altering the age of water bodies in the Pacific Ocean, with 'young' water becoming 'older' and 'old' water becoming 'younger'.
It has not yet been clear exactly how climate change will manifest itself in different regions of the ocean, but a new study shows that in the Pacific it has caused something strange.
With the warming the Pacific does not lose oxygen immediately everywhere. Model calculations now show that well-ventilated water in the subtropical North Pacific will remain longer separated from the surface in the future, while low-oxygen water in the tropics becomes younger in the medium. Behind this is a weakening of vertical currents due to the stronger stratification of the ocean. Princeton (U.S.A.). Dissolved oxygen arrives [...] The post …
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