Open AccessElephant Seals' Dives Show Slowdown in Ocean Circulation
Author(s) -
JoAnna Wendel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo057993
Subject(s) - slowdown , circulation (fluid dynamics) , economic slowdown , oceanography , geology , economics , economy , mechanics , physics , economic growth
Data from instruments mounted on elephant seals reveal that melting ice flushes fresh water into the Southern Ocean, suppressing an important arm of the global ocean circulation belt.