A small - scale oddity in the way seawater mixes can have large - scale consequences for the structure of the ocean (scientificamerican.com)
That warming extends the 50 m or so to the seabed because we are dealing with only a polar surface water layer here (over the shelves the Arctic Ocean structure is one - layer rather than three layers) and the surface warming is mixed down by wave - induced mixing because the extensive open water permits large fetches. (washingtonpost.com)
The study, «Unabated planetary warming and its ocean structure since 2006,» was published today in Nature Climate Change. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)