subpolar
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Origin of subpolar
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Skuas are large brown seabirds related to gulls that live mainly in polar and subpolar regions.
From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026
In their simulations, the researchers observed significant changes in the atmospheric variables, especially in the North Pacific, subpolar North Atlantic, and northern Eurasia around the Barents-Kara Sea regions off the coast of Siberia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2024
That influence is “much weaker in the subpolar North Atlantic, especially near Iceland,” said Rong Zhang, a senior scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory.
From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2018
The northeastward extension of the Gulf Stream—the relatively small branch that brings the warm upper waters to the subpolar regions—could potentially be disrupted, however.
From Scientific American • Feb. 11, 2013
The vertical circulation is now dominated by cold water from subpolar latitudes.
From Climatic Changes Their Nature and Causes by Huntington, Ellsworth
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