Climate Change and The Great Ocean Conveyor

The Gulf Stream, AMOC...all terms we hear quite a lot these days. And they all seem to be linked with climate change, or even abrupt climate change according to some. The circulation of currents around our globe is an extremely complex system that brings nutrients to our ocean food chain and heat energy to different parts of the planet. This week we attempt to understand the basics.

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Research References below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermohaline_circulation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturning_circulation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6426/516

https://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/research_highlight/underestimated-amoc-variability-and-implications-for-amv-and-predictability-in-cmip-models/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/11/critical-gulf-stream-current-weakest-for-1600-years-research-finds

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-44875508

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0320-y

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/07/180718131128.htm

http://www.educapoles.org/news/news_detail/the_great_oceanic_conveyor_belt

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/currentmon.html

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/perpetual-ocean.html

https://earth.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Holden_Leslie-Bole_Senior_Thesis_2018.pdf
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