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Ocean circulation is changing, and we need to know why
Description: In a new scientific research paper, scientists present palaeo-oceanographic evidence that deep convection of surface waters in the North Atlantic - the engine that keeps the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) in constant motion - began to decline as early as around 1850, probably owing to increased freshwater influx from Arctic ice that had melted at the end of a relatively cold period called the Little Ice Age. This could have caused a weakening in the ocean circulation. [Source: Nature]
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04322-x
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Source: Nature
Publish Date: 4/11/2018
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