Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling

Credit: Image credit: Nina Whitney/ © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

An Arctica islandica shell perches on the railing of the ESS Pursuit during a research cruise in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, south of the Gulf of Maine. A new WHOI co-led study finds that rapid Gulf of Maine warming has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there within the last 900 years.

« Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling

Credit: Image by: Maya Feldberg-Bannatyne.

A photomicrograph of a section of the hinge of an Arctica islandica shell, taken at 20x magnification. These shells helped scientists, including those from WHOI, conclude that rapid Gulf of Maine warming reversed about 900 years of water cooling.

« Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling

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