Surprising new picture of ocean circulation could have major consequences for climate

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WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the key drivers of the world’s climate is an area in the North Atlantic Ocean where warmer and colder water mix and swirl. When scientists went for their first close look at this critical underwater dynamo, they found they were looking in the wrong place.

By hundreds of miles.

The consequences are not quite yet understood, but eventually it could change forecasts of one of the worst-case global warming scenarios — still considered unlikely this century — in which the mixing stops and climate chaos ensues.

Below are the links to AP and Washington Post stories about the study.  The NY Times picked up the AP version. 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2019/01/31/surprising-new-picture-ocean-circulation-could-have-major-consequences-climate-science/?utm_term=.eaed879bc3d8

 

https://www.apnews.com/595bfe2060ef46d49d2417082e3cbd18