Warmth is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what it means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
Q&A: How rate of CO2 rise can affect a global ocean current
How fast the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide — and with it, the temperature — goes up matters for the ability of humans ...
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Arctic Ocean Circulation: Going Around At the Top Of the World
The Arctic Ocean (Figure 1), the smallest of the world's five major oceans, is about 4000km (2500 miles) long and 2400km (1500 miles) wide, about the size of the continental USA. It lies entirely ...
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The Role of Oceans in Regulating Earth's Climate
Oceans play a crucial role in absorbing excess ... our planet's atmosphere would contain far more greenhouse gases, ...
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Abrupt Climate Change During the Last Ice Age
Some theories suggest that changes in ocean circulation ... Wood, R. A. Global climatic impacts of a collapse of the Atlantic thermohaline circulation. Climatic Change 54, 251-267 (2002).
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Redistribution of energy by atmosphere and oceanic circulation
Oceans hold onto this heat for longer than the land does and ocean currents move this heat around. In total, ocean currents transfer about 25 per cent of the global heat budget. Ocean currents are ...
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The climate of the world
The Ferrel cell is found between the Hadley and Polar cells and lies ... as part of what is known as the ocean conveyor belt system or the thermohaline circulation system. The oceans cover 67 ...