January 25, 2011

arctic freshening and global ocean currents

Speakers:
Dr Simon Boxall, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
Dr Tim Cullingford, Science Programme, Catlin Arctic Survey
Dr Victoria Hill, Old Dominion University, Virginia USA
Prof Richard Zimmerman, Old Dominion University, Virginia USA

Researchers from the Catlin Arctic Survey discussed an expedition to investigate surface ice in the Arctic sea and concerns that increased amounts of melting freshwater my unbalance the processes driving the Thermohaline Circulation (THC), an important natural phenomenon.