Slow-Motion Ocean: Atlantic’s Circulation Is Weakest in 1,600 Years

Slow-Motion Ocean: Atlantic’s Circulation Is Weakest in 1,600 Years

  • April 12, 2018
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Slow-Motion Ocean: Atlantic’s Circulation Is Weakest in 1,600 Years

In recent years sensors stationed across the North Atlantic have picked up a potentially concerning signal: The grand northward progression of water along North America that moves heat from the tropics toward the Arctic has been sluggish. If that languidness continues and deepens, it could usher in drastic changes in sea level and weather around the ocean basin.

Source: scientificamerican.com

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