Intermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum Zones

The Pliocene shows that a warmer world can support both expanded and contracted marine Oxygen Minimum Zones. While oxygen distributions were overall like today, there was less low-oxygen water in the North Pacific and more in the North Atlantic

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Main Authors: Catherine V. Davis, Elizabeth C. Sibert, Peter H. Jacobs, Natalie Burls, Pincelli M. Hull
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35083-x
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description The Pliocene shows that a warmer world can support both expanded and contracted marine Oxygen Minimum Zones. While oxygen distributions were overall like today, there was less low-oxygen water in the North Pacific and more in the North Atlantic
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spelling doaj.art-55faae2705da4fb7b0fe44dbe47dcdb52023-01-08T12:16:05ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-01-0114111110.1038/s41467-022-35083-xIntermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum ZonesCatherine V. Davis0Elizabeth C. Sibert1Peter H. Jacobs2Natalie Burls3Pincelli M. Hull4Department of Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State UniversityDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale UniversityDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason UniversityDepartment of Atmospheric, Ocean & Earth Sciences, George Mason UniversityDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Yale UniversityThe Pliocene shows that a warmer world can support both expanded and contracted marine Oxygen Minimum Zones. While oxygen distributions were overall like today, there was less low-oxygen water in the North Pacific and more in the North Atlantichttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35083-x
spellingShingle Catherine V. Davis
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Intermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum Zones
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title Intermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum Zones
title_full Intermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum Zones
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title_short Intermediate water circulation drives distribution of Pliocene Oxygen Minimum Zones
title_sort intermediate water circulation drives distribution of pliocene oxygen minimum zones
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