German Records From 1920s As Evidence For Long-term Ocean Warming
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 - 07:31
in Earth & Climate
Over past centuries, the crews of ships regularly measured some basic properties of the waters through which they sailed, such as temperature and salinity. Though their accuracy has to be questionable, these historical observations have proven to be important for climate modelers who are trying to validate their work. In recent years, the importance of the deep ocean as a sink for the extra energy trapped by anthropogenic climate change has come to the fore. read more