Atlantification: Arctic Ocean becoming warmer and saltier
Atlantification: Arctic Ocean becoming warmer and saltier
Atlantification: Arctic Ocean becoming warmer and saltier
As Atlantic waters enter the Arctic Ocean , it becomes saltier and warmer - a process called Atlantification – resulting in dramatic consequences for Arctic human inhabitants and the flora and fauna in the region.
Arctic Amplification: Warming of the Arctic
Atlantification: Arctic Ocean becoming warmer and saltier
Atlantification: Arctic Ocean becoming warmer and saltier
Arctic amplification feedback processes such as sea ice reflectivity feedback, thawing permafrost, Atlantificction, and weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Circulation pattern, in addition to other changes have turned Arctic warming from a consequence into a driver of global warming.
Arctic Sea Ice Reflectivity
Atlantification: Arctic Ocean becoming warmer and saltier
Infrastructure Mitigation Solutions
Multiyear ice (>6 years old) – the type that has existed in the Arctic for centuries has high reflectivity with 80% to 90% of the solar energy striking the ice is reflected back into space. As the Arctic warms, however, more sea ice is lost and reflectivity decreases causing additional warming and resulting in even more sea ice loss.
Infrastructure Mitigation Solutions
Solutions What You Can Do!
Infrastructure Mitigation Solutions
Renewable fuels and returning biological systems to their ability to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are two ways to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Solutions What You Can Do!
Solutions What You Can Do!
Solutions What You Can Do!
There are significant things that you can do as an individual that can provide relief to the climate .
Nutrition Collapse
Solutions What You Can Do!
Solutions What You Can Do!
The increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels is impacting the photosynthesis process of most plants including food crops resulting in the reduction of plant nutrients.