Ever heard of teleconnections? The image of a cell phone may pop up in your mind, but for three Nansen Legacy researchers this is all about how currents of air – far up in the atmosphere – connect the Barents Sea, its climate and sea ice conditions to regions on the other side of the planet. These are stories from our truly entangled and interconnected world
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Refrigerators are cooled by heat pumps, which transfer heat from the refrigerator’s inside to the outside environment. That way, the refrigerator’s inside is cooled to a temperature below room temperature. A similar mechanism makes the Barents Sea one of the worlds’ largest refrigerators. But how stable is the Barents Sea cooling machine? Can it break down as the fridges in our kitchens, and does it matter?
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