Open AccessThe North Atlantic Ocean's Missing Heat Is Found in Its Depths
Author(s) -
Cody Sullivan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo047009
Subject(s) - oceanography , north atlantic deep water , rest (music) , climatology , gulf stream , sargasso sea , thermohaline circulation , circulation (fluid dynamics) , ocean current , atlantic equatorial mode , environmental science , geology , geography , engineering , medicine , aerospace engineering , cardiology
In the 2000s, the North Atlantic stopped absorbing as much atmospheric warmth. However, the ocean lost only a little heat—the rest was held deeper below the surface by altered circulation patterns.
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