Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory: Record-High Arctic Freshwater Will Flow Through Canadian Waters, Affecting Marine Environment and Atlantic Ocean Currents
March 03, 2021
March 03, 2021
SEATTLE, Washington, March 3 (TNSJou) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, issued the following news on March 2, 2021:
The Beaufort Gyre in the western Arctic Ocean is the largest oceanic freshwater reservoir in the Northern Hemisphere. It has increased its freshwater content by 40% over the past two decades. The fate of the excess freshwater and how and where this water will flow into the Atlantic Ocean is important for l . . .
The Beaufort Gyre in the western Arctic Ocean is the largest oceanic freshwater reservoir in the Northern Hemisphere. It has increased its freshwater content by 40% over the past two decades. The fate of the excess freshwater and how and where this water will flow into the Atlantic Ocean is important for l . . .