COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Evidence from 12-Year Study Links Ecosystem Changes in the Gulf of Maine with Climate Change
Description: With half of Maine's largest rainfall events of the century occurring in the past seven years, researchers have documented evidence of significant changes in the Gulf of Maine ecosystem directly tied to increased amounts of rainfall and volumes of river discharge. A century of climatological data and river flow data, plus results from the Gulf of Maine North AtlanticTime Series, provide the strongest connection yet between changing conditions on land affecting coastal ocean productivity. [Source: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences]
URL: http://www.bigelow.org/news/news_2009/gnats-study-shows-evidence-of-climate-change-in-gulf-of-maine/
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Source: Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Publish Date: 5/24/2012
Reading Level: Basic
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