Warming of the Eurasian landmass is making the Arabian sea more productive

Joaquim I. Goes; Prasad G. Thoppil; Helga Do R. Gomes; John T. Fasullo

doi:10.1126/science.1106610

Warming of the Eurasian landmass is making the Arabian sea more productive

Joaquim I. Goes
, Prasad G. Thoppil
, Helga Do R. Gomes
, John T. Fasullo

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Abstract

The recent trend of declining winter and spring snow cover over Eurasia is causing a land-ocean thermal gradient that is particularly favorable to stronger southwest (summer) monsoon winds. Since 1997, sea surface winds have been strengthening over the western Arabian Sea. This escalation in the intensity of summer monsoon winds, accompanied by enhanced upwelling and an increase of more than 350% in average summertime phytoplankton biomass along the coast and over 300% offshore, raises the possibility that the current warming trend of the Eurasian landmass is making the Arabian Sea more productive.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	545-547
Number of pages	3
Journal	Science
Volume	308
Issue number	5721
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1106610
State	Published - Apr 22 2005

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