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Oct -Climate Change
Atlantification
Streams of warmer water
from Atlantic Ocean
flow into the Arctic
at the Barents Sea
Atlantic Ocean
warmer, saltier water
deep under Artic water
heat help to keep ice
from forming and melting
existing sea ice from below
process
called
Atlantification
reasons
global climate change
artic sea ice
extent and thickness
dropping for decades
at global temperature rise
ocean absorb
more solar radiation
global warming
amplified
Affects
ocean circulation, weather patterns
and Arctic ecosystems
spanning food chain
from phytoplankton all the way
to top predators.
ice
now getting hit both
from the top
by warming atmosphere
and at the bottom
by a warming ocean
Wildfires – California
NASA´s Earth Observatory
noted wildfires ignited
due to unorecedented
outburst of dry lightning
reason
climate change
leading to more
lightning storms
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
warmer spring and
summer temperatures
climate change
key driver of this trend
reduced snowpack
and earlier spring snowmelt
which create longer
and more intense dry seasons
dry seasons
have increased
moisture stress
on vegetation
made forests
more susceptible
to severe wildfires
Strong Gusts of Winds
called Santa Ana Wind