AMOC (IMAGE)

University of California - Riverside

AMOC

Caption

A system of currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation carries warm water into the North Atlantic. It could be disturbed if CO2 and aerosols are not simultaneously cut.

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R. Curry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution/Science/USGCRP

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