is like a massive ocean conveyor belt that moves warm and cold water around the Atlantic Ocean. It starts in the Gulf of Mexico, where warm, salty water flows northward along the eastern coast of the ...
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ... fresh water from melting glaciers is displacing some of this salty ocean water, causing it to stop sinking so deeply and slowing down the ...
But weakening of the oceanic circulation means the surface of the ocean south of Greenland has warmed much less than the rest. Reduced heat and salt transfer to the North Atlantic has meant more ...