Connecting AMOC changes

In recent years, the tropical Indian Ocean has experienced persistent warming larger than any other basin. Now research suggests that this may exert a stabilizing effect on the meridional overturning circulation in the north Atlantic Ocean by attenuating its recent weakening, with implications for c...

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Published in:Nature Climate Change
Main Author: Cherchi, Annalisa
Other Authors: Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2122/13180
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0590-x
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Summary:In recent years, the tropical Indian Ocean has experienced persistent warming larger than any other basin. Now research suggests that this may exert a stabilizing effect on the meridional overturning circulation in the north Atlantic Ocean by attenuating its recent weakening, with implications for climate change worldwide. Published 729–730 4A. Oceanografia e clima JCR Journal