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    The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is the main ocean current system in the Atlantic Ocean.: 2238  It is a component of Earth's ocean...
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    This global circulation comprises two major "limbs;" the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) centered in the north Atlantic Ocean, and the...
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    Ocean overturning circulation (sometimes referred to as the Southern Meridional overturning circulation (SMOC) or Antarctic overturning circulation) is...
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    Pacific. NADW and its formation is essential to the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), which is responsible for transporting large amounts...
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    the Atlantic Ocean Angola Current – Temporary ocean surface current Antilles Current – Ocean current Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – System...
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    Communications projected that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), of which the North Atlantic Current is a part, could collapse by...
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    respond. The collapse of major ocean currents like the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), and irreversible damage to key ecosystems like...
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  • The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a large system of ocean currents, like a conveyor belt. It is driven by differences in temperature...
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    changes include the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the North Subpolar Gyre and the Southern Ocean overturning circulation. Lastly, the tipping...
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    water formation, the subpolar gyre, and the meridional overturning circulation in the subpolar North Atlantic". Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies...
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    consistent with changes in thermohaline circulation (particularly the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation or AMOC), which greatly affects how much...
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  • eddies and direct inflow. The leakage contributes to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) by supplying its upper limb, which has direct...
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    layer of North Atlantic Deep Water. North Atlantic Deep Water flowing southward is integral to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. The Labrador...
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    Ocean overturning circulation (sometimes referred to as the Southern Meridional overturning circulation (SMOC) or Antarctic overturning circulation) is...
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    Brewer–Dobson circulation – a circulation between the tropical troposphere and the stratosophere Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – a broad oceanic...
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    the deep portion of the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW). The NADW, in turn, feeds the meridional overturning circulation (MOC), the northward heat transport...
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    waters, affecting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) which is part of the thermohaline circulation, possibly related to global warming-induced...
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    and the Gulf Stream north wall index North Atlantic oscillation Atlantic meridional overturning circulation UK Met Office. "What is the Gulf Stream?"....
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    changes of ocean currents, for example a weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The main cause of these changes are the emissions...
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    thermohaline circulation could happen again as a result of the present warming. More recent research indicates that the overall Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation...
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    the meridional circulation across the oceans. Several studies have linked the current shape of the Drake Passage to an effective Atlantic meridional overturning...
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  • thermohaline circulation, which largely determines global climate. It is also an important phenomena that controls the intensity of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning...
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    gradients and evaporation rates. Changes in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) and North Atlantic temperature gradients were also involved...
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    strengthening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (and the corresponding weakening of the Southern Ocean overturning circulation). These changes...
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    uncertainties associated with changes in monsoons and the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. The climate simulations run as part of Coupled Model...
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    for marine life.: 3  Chapter 6 which deals with ..., Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) "will very likely weaken over the 21st century"...
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  • The Rapid Climate Change-Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array (RAPID or MOCHA) program is a collaborative research project between the...
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    changes of ocean currents, for example a weakening of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The main cause of these changes are the emissions...
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  • circulation of the ocean, in particular its role in transporting heat. A decline in the strength of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)...
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    system. This would be similar to some projections for Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC), which is also affected by the ocean warming and...
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