Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Past tropical climate change linked to ocean circulation

Past tropical climate change linked to ocean circulation: College Station TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2012



A new record of past temperature change in the tropical Atlantic Ocean's subsurface provides clues as to why the Earth's climate is so sensitive to ocean circulation patterns, according to climate scientists at Texas A and M University.

Geological oceanographer Matthew Schmidt and two of his graduate students teamed up with Ping Chang, a physical oceanographer and climate modeler, to help