The Atlantic’s chilling secret: A century of data reveals ocean current collapse

ScienceDaily
Jun 20, 2025, 10:21 pm767 ptsInterestingTop
A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a massive ocean current system that regulates climate across the Northern Hemisphere. Using over 100…

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