AMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents towards ‘collapse’?
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The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vast system of ocean currents that helps to distribute heat around the world.
By transporting warm water from the tropics northwards and cold water back southwards, the AMOC keeps Europe warm and plays a role in controlling global rainfall.
It connects into an even larger network of ocean currents that continuously moves water, nutrients and carbon around the world.
Now, the AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change
By transporting warm water from the tropics northwards and cold water back southwards, the AMOC keeps Europe warm and plays a role in controlling global rainfall.
It connects into an even larger network of ocean currents that continuously moves water, nutrients and carbon around the world.
Now, the AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change
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