title: A Climatic Freshening of the Deep Atlantic North of 50{degrees}N over the Past 20 Years.
abstract: Observations made in summer 1981 show a significant and widespread decrease in salinity, averaging 0.02 per mil, in deep waters of the subpolar North Atlantic over the past two decades. This implies a relatively rapid response of deep water formation to climatic perturbation.
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authors.lastname: Brewer
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authors.lastname: Broecker
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authors.lastname: Jenkins
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authors.lastname: Rhines
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authors.lastname: Rooth
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authors.lastname: Swift
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authors.lastname: Takahashi
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authors.lastname: Williams