Ocean Conveyor (IMAGE)

Columbia Climate School

Ocean Conveyor

Caption

Simplified diagram of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. It carries warm water from the tropics (red arrows) into the North Atlantic, where the water cools and sinks before flowing back south (yellow arrows). This pattern plays an important role in regulating climate in the North Atlantic as well as the rest of the world.

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Muschitiello <em>et al</em>., <em>Nature Communications</em>, 2019

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