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27 Jun 2022
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A 334-year coral record of surface temperature and salinity variability in the greater Agulhas Current region
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, United Kingdom
Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa
Takaaki K. Watanabe
Institute for Geosciences, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
KIKAI Institute for Coral Reef Sciences, Kikai Town, Kagoshima 891-6151, Japan
Siren Rühs
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
Miriam Pfeiffer
Institute for Geosciences, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Stefan Grab
School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand, South Africa
Dieter Garbe-Schönberg
Institute for Geosciences, University of Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany
Department of Physics and Earth Sciences, Jacobs University Bremen, 28759 Bremen, Germany
Arne Biastoch
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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Short summary
Salinity is an important and integrative measure of changes to the water cycle steered by changes to the balance between rainfall and evaporation and by vertical and horizontal movements of water parcels by ocean currents. However, salinity measurements in our oceans are extremely sparse. To fill this gap, we have developed a 334-year coral record of seawater oxygen isotopes that reflects salinity changes in the globally important Agulhas Current system and reveals its main oceanic drivers.
Salinity is an important and integrative measure of changes to the water cycle steered by...
