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• The Spatial Pattern and Mechanisms of Heat Content Change in the North Atlantic

  • M. S. Lozier, S. Leadbetter, R. G. Williams, V. Roussenov, M. S. C. Reed, N. J. Moore,
  • Original article citation: Science doi:10.1126/science.1146436 (2008)
  • Categories: Climate Variability, Regional Climate, and Anthropogenic change
  • Recommended by: Anna Barnett on 01/17/2008 04:23PM GMT
  • Reasons for recommending:
    Uneven warming of the North Atlantic Ocean during the last half-century may be caused by changes in the natural climate system, concludes a new analysis by Susan Lozier and co-workers. Since the observed variations in regional heat gain and loss are great enough to mask an underlying greenhouse warming trend, the authors warn it is too early to know whether the changes in heat content are partly due to anthropogenic climate change. A Research Highlight summarizing this paper will appear next week on the Nature Reports Climate Change site.