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Ocean Circulation Disrupted By A Thinning Antarctic Ozone Layer
2013-02-01 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: The impact of the depleting Antarctic ozone layer on both the shifting direction of the Southern Hemispheres jet stream and the way in which the waters of the nearby southern oceans mix together is the topic of research published in this weeks edition of the journal Science. In one study, a team of researchers led by earth scientist Darryn W. Waugh of Johns Hopkins University wrote that the hole in the regions ozone layer has caused subtropical intermediate waters to become younger and upwelling,...
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