Critical Atlantic Currents Threatened by Global Warming - David Bange

Critical Atlantic currents threatened by global warming - David Bange

Let’s begin with something that is probably new to you: the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. What is the AMOC? It is a huge system of ocean currents that helps regulate the climate across northern Europe and much of the globe.

Is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakening?

A long-held theory hypothesises that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening, but is there any substance to this? New research from SAMS takes a closer look.A graphic showing the Scotland-Canada Overturning Array (SCOTIA) of observations. Credit: SAMS.Oceanographers think the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), the large-scale north Atlantic currents that govern our climate, could be weakening because of clim…