Saturday, February 2, 2013

Ozone hole changes ocean flow

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: CFC legacy The hole in the Antarctic ozone layer has caused changes in the way that waters in the southern oceans mix, an international study shows. A team of scientists led by Professor Darryn Waugh of Johns Hopkins University, has found that waters originating at the surface at sub-tropical latitudes is mixing into the deeper ocean at a much higher rate than it did 20 years ago, and the reverse is true for waters closer to Antarctica. The study shows these changes are part of the oceans'...

URL: http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/02/01/3680514.htm
Enclosure: http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201301/r1066508_12546676.jpg

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