Climate change reversing 900 years of cooling in Gulf of Maine

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Study finds nearly a millennium of cooling has been wiped out in the Gulf of Maine Researchers used samples from clam shells to help track specific trends. Study was led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, co-authored by the University of Maine and funded by the National Science Foundation.

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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Climate change reversing 900 years of cooling in Gulf of Maine

Story at a glance In an effort to chronicle changing water temperatures in the Gulf of Maine, researchers assessed data collected from shells and simulated variability through climate models. They …

2 months ago·Washington, United States

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Science Daily

Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling

Rapid 20th century warming in the Gulf of Maine has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there during the previous 900 years, according to new research that combines an examination of shells from long-lived ocean quahogs and climate model simulations.

2 months ago·United States

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Bangor Daily News

Climate change has reversed 900 years of cooling in the Gulf of Maine

The Gulf of Maine has warmed faster in the past 100 years alone than any other 100-year period over the millennium.

2 months ago·Bangor, United States

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Phys.org

Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling

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WMTW

Study finds nearly a millennium of cooling has been wiped out in the Gulf of Maine

Researchers used samples from clam shells to help track specific trends

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Nature

Rapid 20th century warming reverses 900-year cooling in the Gulf of Maine - Communications Earth & Environment

Warming in the Gulf of Maine, western North Atlantic, since the late 1800s reversed a 900-year cooling trend, likely as a result of increasing atmospheric greenhouse gases, according to ocean temperature and water mass reconstructions from bivalves and climate model simulations.

2 months ago·United Kingdom

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