Arctic Ocean's salinity balance at risk, new model shows (IMAGE)

DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory

Arctic Ocean's salinity balance at risk, new model shows

Caption

Dye tracer released from the Beaufort Gyre region of the western Artic Ocea n indicates freshwater transport through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago into the western Labrador Sea, causing freshening there.

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Francesca Samsel and Greg Abram (University of Texas at Austin). High-resolution version linked here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8ad4665kzo5wm4x/featured_image_horizontal.png?dl=0

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