Formation Of Coastal Sea Ice In North Pacific Drives Ocean Circulation And Climate
Wednesday, October 21, 2015 - 05:20
in Earth & Climate
An unprecedented analysis of North Pacific ocean circulation over the past 1.2 million years has found that sea ice formation in coastal regions is a key driver of deep ocean circulation, influencing climate on regional and global scales. Coastal sea ice formation takes place on relatively small scales, however, and is not captured well in global climate models, according to scientists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who conducted the study. A paper on the new findings will be published in a future issue of the journal Paleoceanography and is currently available online. read more