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    Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium


    Caesar, Levke, McCarthy, Gerard, Thornalley, D.J.R., Cahill, Niamh and Rahmstorf, Stefan (2021) Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium. Nature Geoscience, 14. pp. 118-120. ISSN 1752-0894

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    Abstract

    The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)— one of Earth’s major ocean circulation systems—redistributes heat on our planet and has a major impact on climate. Here, we compare a variety of published proxy records to reconstruct the evolution of the AMOC since about ad 400. A fairly consistent picture of the AMOC emerges: after a long and relatively stable period, there was an initial weakening starting in the nineteenth century, followed by a second, more rapid, decline in the mid-twentieth century, leading to the weakest state of the AMOC occurring in recent decades.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Current Atlantic Meridional; Overturning; Circulation; weakest; last millennium;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Mathematics and Statistics
    Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Geography
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS
    Item ID: 16046
    Identification Number: 10.1038/s41561-021-00699-z
    Depositing User: Levke Caesar
    Date Deposited: 01 Jun 2022 12:16
    Journal or Publication Title: Nature Geoscience
    Publisher: Nature Research
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/16046
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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