The transpolar drift (purple arrows) is a dominant circulation feature in the Arctic Ocean that carries freshwater runoff (red arrows) from rivers in Russia across the North Pole and south towards Greenland. Under changing atmospheric conditions, emergent circulation patterns (blue arrows) drive freshwater runoff east towards Canada, resulting in freshening of Arctic water in the…
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf explains the basics of Climate Science. Basic data sets and findings about Global Warming, including some comments on historic land marks of the Science. Watch part two “Impacts of Climate Change” These lectures form part of a broader lecture course called World in Transition. It includes 11 themes, presented by the members…
Lecture by Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geoscience at Pennsylvania State University, 10/23/2012 at Stanford University, sponsored by the Stanford School of Earth Sciences