Science Behind It: Do the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans Mix?
At first glance, the meeting point of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans looks like a dramatic clash between two separate bodies of water. The difference in water color, often observed in places like ...
Nature22d
Atlantic circulation could be more resilient to global warming than was thought
The requirement that the upwelling in the Southern Ocean must be balanced by downwelling in the Atlantic or Pacific means that downwelling in the subpolar North Atlantic cannot completely shut off ...
The Irish Times21d
Amoc: Atlantic Ocean current that gives Ireland benign climate ‘may not collapse this century’, study finds
The ocean current known as the Atlantic meridional ... must be balanced by “downwelling” in the Atlantic or Pacific oceans. They say the Amoc “can only collapse if a Pacific overturning ...