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Close ✕Antarctic meltwater is projected to slow the abyssal cell
2023 · Recorded · climate
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Li, England, Hogg, Rintoul and Morrison published modelling work in Nature indicating that meltwater from Antarctica, by freshening the shelf water from which Antarctic Bottom Water forms, drives a substantial slowdown and warming of the abyssal overturning circulation. Observational context points the same way: Weddell Sea Bottom Water volume has fallen by around 30 per cent since 1992, with the densest classes lost fastest.
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- Nature · Li, Q., England, M. H., Hogg, A. M., Rintoul, S. R. and Morrison, A. K., Nature 615, 841–847 (2023)
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- Subject
- WATERMASS_ANTARCTIC_BOTTOM_WATER · Weddell Sea · REGION_SOUTHERN_OCEAN
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