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The Salinity of the North Atlantic Ocean and the Next Glaciation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Peter K. Weyl
Peter K. Weyl*
Affiliation:
Marine Sciences Research Center, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11790 USA.
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Abstract

A reduction in the surface salinity of the North Atlantic, by causing an extension of sea ice, could initiate the next Glacial period. Such a salinity reduction could be the result of a slight persistent change in surface pressure in the Caribbean area, that reduces the transfer of water vapor from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Quaternary Research , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , November 1972 , pp. 399 - 400
Copyright
Academic Press, Inc.

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References

Weyl, P.K. 1968 The role of the oceans in climatic change, a theory of the Ice Ages Meteorological Monographs 2 No. 30 37 62 Google Scholar