Open AccessSalty secrets of ocean circulation
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
astronomy & geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-4004
pISSN - 1366-8781
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-4004.2007.48404_6.x
Subject(s) - circulation (fluid dynamics) , oceanography , ocean current , climatology , environmental science , meteorology , geography , geology , engineering , aerospace engineering
One of the problems with monitoring the oceans is that changes in circulation can take place very slowly on a human timescale – and yet have drastic results for the climate. Now a team led by Rainer Zahn of the Autonomous University of Barcelona has suggested a possible early warning of major changes in ocean circulation, in the form of localized changes in the saltiness of sea water.