Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlant...
Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic
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Holliday, N. Penny , Bersch, Manfred , Berx, Barbara , Chafik, Léon , Cunningham, Stuart , Florindo-López, Cristian , Hátún, Hjálmar , Johns, William , Josey, Simon A. , Larsen, Karin Margretha H. , Mulet, Sandrine , Oltmanns, Marilena , Reverdin, Gilles , Rossby, Tom , Thierry, Virginie , Valdimarsson, Hedinn and Yashayaev, Igor
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation is important to the climate system because it carries heat and carbon northward, and from the surface to the deep ocean. The high salinity of the subpolar North Atlantic is a prerequisite for overturning circulation, and strong freshening could herald a slowdown. We show that the eastern subpolar North Atl...
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Ocean circulation causes the largest freshening event for 120 years in eastern subpolar North Atlantic
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/s41467-020-14474-y
