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Atlantic Ocean circulation is not collapsing - but as it shifts gears, global warming will ...
Atlantic Ocean circulation is not collapsing – but as it shifts gears, global warming will reaccelerate
July 18, 2018
Hannah Hickey
UW News
In the Atlantic Ocean’s part of the global ocean circulation, warmer water travels north at the surface, then sinks in the far northern part of the North Atlantic and travels back deep below the surface.
NOAA
A huge circulation pattern in the Atlantic Ocean took a starring role in the 2004 movie “The Day After Tomorrow.” In that fictional tale the global oceanic current suddenly stops and New York City freezes over.
While many aspects of the movie are unrealistic, oceanographers are concerned about the long-term stability of the Atlantic Ocean circulation, and previous studies show that it has slowed dramatically in the past decade. New research from the University of Washington and the Ocean University of China finds the slowdown is not caused by global warming but is part of regular, decades-long cycle that will affect temperatures in coming decades.
The paper was published July 18 in Nature.
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July 18, 2018
Hannah Hickey
UW News
In the Atlantic Ocean’s part of the global ocean circulation, warmer water travels north at the surface, then sinks in the far northern part of the North Atlantic and travels back deep below the surface.
NOAA
A huge circulation pattern in the Atlantic Ocean took a starring role in the 2004 movie “The Day After Tomorrow.” In that fictional tale the global oceanic current suddenly stops and New York City freezes over.
While many aspects of the movie are unrealistic, oceanographers are concerned about the long-term stability of the Atlantic Ocean circulation, and previous studies show that it has slowed dramatically in the past decade. New research from the University of Washington and the Ocean University of China finds the slowdown is not caused by global warming but is part of regular, decades-long cycle that will affect temperatures in coming decades.
The paper was published July 18 in Nature.
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