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subpolar

American  
[suhb-poh-ler] / sʌbˈpoʊ lər /

adjective

  1. subantarctic.

  2. subarctic.


Etymology

Origin of subpolar

First recorded in 1820–30; sub- + polar

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They looked at 2,572 population-level time series involving 146 species, mostly inhabiting temperate or subpolar regions.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2024

Conversely, the slow movement of positive salinity anomalies from the tropics will eventually increase the density at the surface of the subpolar North Atlantic.

From Science Daily Nov. 3, 2023

It relies on sea surface temperature measurements from one region in the subpolar North Atlantic and suggests that changes in these temperatures are a kind of “fingerprint,” or signal, of the shifting AMOC.

From Scientific American Jul. 28, 2023

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 Antarctic seas serve as a refuge for an extremely large number of migratory fish that flee from storms in the subpolar zones, in truth only to slide down the gullets of porpoises and seals.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

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