Atlantic ‘conveyor belt’ not slowing, NASA study finds
Posted by ScienceDaily: Oceanography News on 30 March, 2010
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New NASA measurements of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, part of the global ocean conveyor belt that helps regulate climate around the North Atlantic, show no significant slowing over the past 15 years. The data suggest the circulation may have even sped up slightly in the recent past....