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Climate models suggest Greenland’s snowmelt slows Atlantic circulation
Schematic diagram of the experiment. Credit: Qiyun Ma and Patrick Scholz Using climate models, a team of German and Chinese climate scientists has found evidence that freshwater input into the Irminger Basin will have the greatest impact on the Atlantic Meridional Circulation (AMOC) in the coming years. Their paper is published in the journal Science Advances. The AMOC is the…
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Models suggest snowmelt from Greenland and the Arctic is weakening ocean circulation and accelerating warming southward.
The addition of melt water to the North Atlantic causes local cooling in the subpolar North Atlantic and warming in the South Atlantic. Credit: Nature Geoscience (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01568-1 The vast network of ocean currents known as the “global ocean conveyor belt” is slowing down. This is a problem because this critical system redistributes heat around the world, influencing both…
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