. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. RIO Arctic River Discharge, continued A significant increase flow to the Arctic Ocear : }wn or shut off the formation :3ntic Deep Water. The drivir ! -ehind the great underwater " -sit" current known as Nation. Thermohaline circuL risible for moving great amounts c • mal energy around the globe, influencing the planet's climate. One of the potential effects could be cooling of Northern Europe. Data analyzed in this study, published in the December 13, 2002, issue of Science magazine, is important
. The Biological bulletin. Biology; Zoology; Biology; Marine Biology. RIO Arctic River Discharge, continued A significant increase flow to the Arctic Ocear : }wn or shut off the formation :3ntic Deep Water. The drivir ! -ehind the great underwater " -sit" current known as Nation. Thermohaline circuL risible for moving great amounts c • mal energy around the globe, influencing the planet's climate. One of the potential effects could be cooling of Northern Europe. Data analyzed in this study, published in the December 13, 2002, issue of Science magazine, is important because it represents net precipitation (precipitation minus evapotranspiration) over a vast area, in contrast to point measurements of precipitation and evapotranspiration which are difficult to extrapolate to a large area. "These data are a unique measure of an environmental trend both in terms of how long the time series is and in that it integrates over a vast area rather than just measuring a precipitation trend at a few locations," says co-author Stefan Rahmstorf of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Project scientists are hopeful that this study, which links the work of hydrologists and oceanographers, will stimulate the two fields of science to better communicate their scientific findings with each other. The group will focus their future work on the links between the atmospheric, continen- tal, and oceanic components of the Arctic hydrologic cycle and on the biogeochemi- cal tracers that allow scientists to follow the circulation of riverine freshwater throughout the northern oceans. This research is needed to better understand the current functioning of the linked land- ocean-atmosphere hydrologic system and improve confidence in predictions of the future behavior of the vvstem. A researcher from ..';: . osystems Center collects water from a stream in the Ipswich River watershed in the Plum Island Ecosystem Long Term Ecological Research sit
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