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El calentamiento de la masa continental de Eurasia está haciendo que el Mar Arábigo sea más productivo
Joaquim I Goes1, Prasad G Thoppil, Helga do R Gomes
1Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, West Boothbay Harbor, ME 04575, USA. jgoes@bigelow.org
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 23, 2005
Resumen
La disminución de la cubierta de nieve de Eurasia fortalece los vientos del monzón de verano, impulsando la productividad del Mar Arábigo. El aumento de los vientos mejora las floraciones de fitoplancton, lo que sugiere un vínculo entre el calentamiento de la tierra y los ecosistemas marinos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima Ciencias del clima
- Oceanografía La oceanografía es la oceanografía.
- Ecología Ecología Ecología.
Sus antecedentes:
- La cubierta de nieve de Eurasia ha disminuido en invierno y primavera.
- Esta disminución crea un gradiente térmico tierra-océano.
- Este gradiente favorece los vientos más fuertes de los monzones de verano.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el impacto de la disminución de la cubierta de nieve de Eurasia en los vientos monzónicos del Mar Arábigo y la productividad.
- Explorar la relación entre las tendencias de calentamiento de la tierra y los cambios en los ecosistemas marinos.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los datos de viento de la superficie del mar desde 1997.
- Evaluación de los cambios en la biomasa de fitoplancton en el Mar Arábigo.
- Correlación de las tendencias de la cubierta de nieve con la intensidad del monzón y la productividad marina.
Principales resultados:
- Los vientos de la superficie del mar en el oeste del Mar Arábigo se han fortalecido desde 1997.
- Los vientos del monzón de verano se han intensificado.
- La biomasa de fitoplancton aumentó en más de un 350% a lo largo de la costa y un 300% en alta mar.
Conclusiones:
- El calentamiento de la masa continental euroasiática está relacionado con el aumento de la productividad del Mar Arábigo.
- El fortalecimiento de los vientos monzónicos debido a la reducción de la cubierta de nieve mejora los ecosistemas marinos.
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