Ocean Circulation

Centers, Projects & Initiatives

 

Researchers

Name Title Fields of interest
Galen McKinley Professor carbon cycle, marine biogeochemistry, ocean circulation
 

News items

  • Sluggish Ocean Currents Caused European Heat Wave Some 12,000 Years Ago
    April 24, 2018

    A new study suggests we may be underestimating the chances of extreme heat and droughts in Europe under climate change.

  • Ocean Circulation Implicated in Past Abrupt Climate Changes
    June 30, 2016
    There was a period during the last ice age when temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere went on a rollercoaster ride, plummeting and then rising again every 1,500 years or so. Those abrupt climate changes wreaked havoc on ecosystems, but their cause has been something of a mystery. New evidence published this week in the leading journal Science shows for the first time that the ocean’s overturning circulation slowed during every one of those temperature plunges – at times almost stopping.
 
 

 

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