UK scientists have detected a huge dome of fresh water that is developing in the western Arctic Ocean. The bulge is some 8,000 cubic km in size and has risen by about 15cm since 2002. The team thinks it may be the result of strong winds whipping up a great clockwise current in the northern…
Climate Institute chief John Connor discusses the latest state of the climate report and says the warmer the planet gets, the wilder the weather, warning the figures represent a “new chaos”. Australia’s Climate Institute http://www.climateinstitute.org.au/ NOAA: 2012 State of the Climate Report Released https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/2012-state-climate-report-released
Recently freshwater intake into the Arctic Circle have changed ocean currents, in the following a collection of related science, and what if freshwater currents drive warmer water into the deep ocean and unlock methane hydrates? Mechanism have been identified recently. Arctic freshwater input into the North Pacific could serve as a catalyst for methane hydrate…