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Article: ATLANTIC WATERS WARMING, OCEANOGRAPHERS DISCOVER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- May 10, 1994
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Byline: New York Times
The waters of the Atlantic Ocean deep below the course of Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage have warmed by nearly six-tenths of a degree Fahrenheit in the last 35 years, oceanographers have discovered, a finding that has important implications for the study of global climate change.
The oceans are a critical part of the climate system because they absorb, store, move and eventually release heat, the system's driving force.
Mathematical models of the system predict that sea-surface temperatures should rise by 3 degrees to 7 degrees if, as many scientists expect, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide double in ...