Title: Changes in the winds could have been the cause of an abrupt glacial climatic change
Post by: Orstio on July 21, 2008, 04:45:31 AM
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Spanish and German researchers have carried out a collaborative study that shows how during the last glacial period, small variations in the surface winds could have induced significant changes in the oceanic currents of the North Atlantic, and could even have played a role in the abrupt climate change that occurred at the time.[/span]
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The North Atlantic circulation is part of thermohaline circulation that globally affects oceanic waters. Photograph: Andrew Ryzhkov.[/span][/br][/br] |
Scientists from the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Im. . .[/br][/br][/br][/br]
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