{"71245":{"#nid":"71245","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scientists Discover New Ocean Current","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. They\u0027re also finding that as the temperature of the Earth is warming, large fluctuations in these factors could help climatologists predict how the oceans will respond in a warmer world. The research appears in the April 30 edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022We\u0027ve been able to explain, for the first time, the changes in salinity, nutrients and chlorophyll that we see in the Northeast Pacific,\u0022 said Emanuele Di Lorenzo, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESince 1945, fishermen in the California current of the Pacific Ocean have been tracking temperature, salinity and nutrients, among other things, in the ocean to help them predict changes in fish populations like sardines and anchovies that are important for the industry. Studying this data, along with satellite images, Di Lorenzo discovered a pattern of current that he named the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERecent satellite data suggest that this current is undergoing intensification as the temperature of the Earth has risen over the past few decades.  \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Although the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation is part of a natural cycle of the climate system, we find evidence suggesting that its amplitude may increase as global warming progresses,\u0022 said Di Lorenzo. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf this is true, this newly found climate pattern may help scientists predict how the ecosystem of the Pacific Ocean is likely to change if the world continues to warm, as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered a new climate pattern called the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation. This new pattern explains, for the first time, changes in the water that are important in helping commercial fishermen understand fluctuations in the fish stock. They\u0027re also finding that as the temperature of the Earth is warming, large fluctuations in these factors could help climatologists predict how the oceans will respond in a warmer world. The research appears in the April 30 edition of the journal Geophysical Research Letters.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ga Tech scientists discover the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2008-04-30 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:10","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71246":{"id":"71246","type":"image","title":"North Pacific Gyre Oscillation","body":null,"created":"1449177358","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:58","changed":"1475894632","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:52"}},"media_ids":["71246"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/eros.eas.gatech.edu\/manu\/","title":"Emanuele Di Lorenzo"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2123","name":"current"},{"id":"2124","name":"di lorenzo"},{"id":"2121","name":"gyre"},{"id":"2119","name":"north"},{"id":"2122","name":"oscillation"},{"id":"2120","name":"pacific"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}