atlantification

Noun capitalized: Atlantification

Atlantification (uncountable)

1. (historical) The process of joining or being influenced by the Atlantic bloc countries.
   • Of course it is clear that with things as they are to-day, every precaution would have to be taken in bringing about the 'Atlantification' of Germany.1952, Ferdinand Otto Miksche, Unconditional Surrender: The Roots of a World War III, page 279
   • The Soviet Union thus should make a vital concession by agreeing to withdraw from the Eastern Zone. 2) Simultaneous de-Atlantification of the Western Germany. The Atlantic Bloc should also make a vital concession by withdrawing from the Western Zone and abandoning all plans for the integration of...1954, Review of International Affairs - Volume 5, page 238
2. The intrusion of water from the Atlantic ocean into another ocean or sea, and the resultant environmental and biological changes.
   • The concurrent "Atlantification" of the seasonal ice-cover zone may result in an expansion of Atlantic species northwards and significant changes in biomass, seasonal variation and spatial distribution of phytoplankton.2005, C. A. Brebbia, Air Pollution Thirteen, page 108
   • This increased “Atlantification” of the Arctic, which may well be a temporary thing given what we now know, explains why the Barents Sea region has seen so little winter sea ice in recent years, and, in turn, why there is a big positive trend in the winter surface air temperatures in this area...2018, Mark C. Serreze, Brave New Arctic: The Untold Story of the Melting North, page 214