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Pacific Ocean Warming Is Flipping Water Age Patterns
Original: The Pacific Ocean Is Doing Something Weird as It Warms: Young Water Gets Older, And Old Water Gets Younger
Scientists report that as the Pacific Ocean warms, a strange reversal is taking place in its water circulation: younger surface water appears to be ageing while older deep water is becoming younger, a shift in how water masses mix and move. Researchers say the trend could signal wider changes in ocean circulation driven by warming, with possible implications for heat and carbon storage in the Pacific.
Why now: New research on Pacific warming is circulating in science news, drawing attention to counterintuitive changes in ocean circulation.
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- The Pacific Ocean Is Doing Something Weird as It Warms: Young Water Gets Older, And Old Water Gets Younger · ScienceAlert
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