Atlantic Current Can Shut Down for Centuries, Disrupting Climate

Researchers now have hard evidence that the circulation that helps warm the North Atlantic did indeed abruptly slow or perhaps even stop for centuries at a time more than 100,000 years ago.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Science
Main Author: Kerr, Richard A.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2014
Subjects:
Multidisciplinary
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.343.6173.831
https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1126/science.343.6173.831
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Summary:Researchers now have hard evidence that the circulation that helps warm the North Atlantic did indeed abruptly slow or perhaps even stop for centuries at a time more than 100,000 years ago.

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