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The Indian Ocean’s cup runeth over

Alistair Dove June 9, 2011 amoc Atlantic global conveyor belt global thermohaline circulation global warming Gulf Stream oceanography RB Editor's Selection South Atlantic

I’ve been in Brazil for the past week for some research coordination meetings. This has involved a number of different folks in several forums, but…

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Climate Change

How microscopic plankton explain the opening of the Northwest Passage

Miriam Goldstein February 8, 2011 Arctic climate change Foraminiferan forams global thermohaline circulation Northwest Passage

For centuries, mariners sought the Northwest Passage, a route through the Canadian ice that connected the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Today, the Arctic…

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The Origins of Deep-Sea Fauna

Dr. M October 5, 2009 anoxic Antarctica biogeography bivalve Cenozoic circulation climate chagne Coral Cretaceous deep sea density echinoderms echinoids Eocene evolution extinction foram Gastropod global thermohaline circulation hypoxia isopod Miocene oceanography octopod Oligocene origination oxygen Paleobiology Paleocene Salinity Temperature Triassic

If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development. –Aristotle To understand the biogeography of the modern deep sea, we must examine the…

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Deep Ocean Conveyor Belt Reconsidered

Peter Etnoyer May 14, 2009 Amy Bower deep western boundary current global conveyor belt global thermohaline circulation Gulf Stream ocean circulation oceanography Susan Lozier

Science Daily is reporting that just because they teach you something in graduate school doesn’t make it right. A 50 year old model of global…

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