Deepwater Convection: Arctic Ocean global influence
An increasing southward flow of “light” arctic water might stop the sinking of North Atlantic waters that drives the global ocean circulation!
(The melting ice cube here represents all arctic freshwater sources, i.e., rivers, precipitation, Pacific waters, and of course, melting sea and land ice.)
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0230427.
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