Map of prevailing trade winds over Earth [credit: Wikipedia]
A change to about 0.01% of the atmosphere is now claimed to be speeding up the oceans by making winds stronger. Really? They used to claim global warming was weakening the Pacific trade winds:
“The researchers predict another 10 percent decrease by the end of the 21st century. The effect, attributed at least in part to human-induced climate change, could disrupt food chains and reduce the biological productivity of the Pacific Ocean, scientists said.” (2006 report)
A study published today in the journal Science Advances, suggests global ocean circulation has accelerated during the past two decades, reports Phys.org.
The research team found that oceanic kinetic energy shows a statistically significant increase since early 1990s, calculating a 36-percent acceleration of global mean ocean circulation.
The trend is particularly prominent in the global tropical oceans, reaching depths of thousands of meters.
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