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In Search of a Mysterious Current

Mathew Reeve gives an interview with Dallas Murphy on his book "To the Denmark Strait: Oceanographers in Search for a Mysterious Current"

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"The story he tells is about a exciting new discovery: a new ocean current that could be instrumental in controlling climate. To see this first hand, Dallas joined a research team from WHOI and UiB –lead by Bob Pickart and Kjetil Våge- on their search. Using the latest oceanographic technology and working with a team of dedicated sailors, scientists and communicators, their search was a success." Mathew Reeve writes at ClimateSnack.com


Among the results of this cruise was a new understanding of how the dense overflow waters from the Nordic seas are formed. Kjetil Våge and colleagues wrote the article "Significant role of the North Icelandic Jet in the formation of Denmark Strait Overflow Water" published in Nature Geoscience in 2011 on this, please read the summary here: http://www.bjerknes.uib.no/pages.asp?kat=8&id=1978&lang=2