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Coastal Oceanography off North-East Greenland

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Author:
Date: 2015-07-12 04:34:14
Blog: Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal
URL: http://blogs.agu.org/wildwildscience/2015/07/12/coastal-oceanography-off-north-east-greenland/

Summary:

THIS IS A GUEST POST BY OCEANOGRAPHER ANDREAS MUENCHOW AT THE UNIV. OF DELAWARE Greenland is melting, but it is not entirely clear why. Yes, air temperatures continue to increase, but what does it matter, if those temperatures are below freezing most of the time. What if the ocean does most of the melting a few 100 m below the surface rather than the air above? It means that gut feeling …

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
DelawareUS39.1453-75.4188
GreenlandUS39.8582-75.03

Keywords:

air temperatures, Coastal Oceanography, DELAWARE Greenland, GUEST POST, gut, matter, melting, North-East Greenland, OCEANOGRAPHER ANDREAS, time, Uncategorized, UNIV

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