Wednesday, November 16, 2016
In a new paper published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Ecohydrology group members, Helen Powley and Philippe Van Cappellen, and collaborator Michael Krom, report on the sensitivity of dissolved oxygen distributions within the Mediterranean Sea to future climate driven changes in its thermohaline circulation. The results indicate that the oxygenation of the Mediterranean Sea is quite resilient to the projected changes in circulation. Even a very strong reduction in the deep circulation of the Mediterranean will not cause severe oxygen depletion of the deep water masses within the next 100 years.