RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Global Climate Change and Intensification of Coastal Ocean Upwelling
JF Science
JO Science
FD American Association for the Advancement of Science
SP 198
OP 201
DO 10.1126/science.247.4939.198
VO 247
IS 4939
A1 Bakun, Andrew
YR 1990
UL http://science.sciencemag.org/content/247/4939/198.abstract
AB A mechanism exists whereby global greenhouse warning could, by intensifying the alongshore wind stress on the ocean surface, lead to acceleration of coastal upwelling. Evidence from several different regions suggests that the major coastal upwelling systems of the world have been growing in upwelling intensity as greenhouse gases have accumulated in the earth's atmosphere. Thus the cool foggy summer conditions that typify the coastlands of northern California and other similar upwelling regions might, under global warming, become even more pronounced. Effects of enhanced upwelling on the marine ecosystem are uncertain but potentially dramatic.