Narwhals document atlantification of East Greenland
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In hard-to-reach Arctic waters, this cetacean also known as the "Sea Unicorn" helps researchers to collect essential data on temperature and salinity. Six narwhals, equipped with sensors after a brief capture, contributed to a climate study published on Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. While covering their occupations, these "atypical collaborators" carried out between 2017 and 2020 more than 2,000 surveys in remote waters of eastern G…
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Narwhals document atlantification of East Greenland
Abstract To resolve temperature and salinity changes in remote East Greenland coastal waters, including deep glacier-front basins, we equipped narwhals ( Monodon monoceros ) with conductivity-temperature-depth archival instruments. These data, combined with the World Ocean Database, reveal long-term warming of Atlantic Intermediate Water (AIW) penetrating East Greenland’s coastal system. In the Blosseville Basin, AIW dominates below ∼250 meters …
Six narwhals equipped with sensors have brought up unpublished data on Greenland waters. Their dives show that the Atlantic Ocean is growing... Read more Narwhals, new spies of the Arctic climate appeared first on Le Singulier.
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