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 |
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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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