Satellite image shows Atlantic Ocean currents via NOAA’s GOES-East satellite on Feb. 12, 2024. CIRA / NOAA
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Ocean currents are Earth’s climate regulators, distributing solar radiation and preventing regional temperatures from being more extreme.
A new study has found that the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) — an important climate-regulating system of ocean currents — is headed toward a tipping point, though scientists aren’t sure how soon it will occur.
“The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) effectively transports heat and salt through the global ocean and strongly modulates regional and global climate,” the study…
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