Atlantic Current Acts Like a "Heat Valve" of the Earth

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The Amoc is often presented as a huge treadmill that redistributes heat between the tropics and the North Atlantic. But this oceanic circulation could play a much larger role: that of a real "thermal valve", capable of changing the amount of heat that the North Atlantic...

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The Atlantic current not only distributes heat, but apparently also influences how much energy the Earth stores as a whole. An analysis of ice age simulations shows that the ocean absorbs net heat when AMOC is weak, while a strong state releases heat. This could mean that a future weakening further strengthens global warming. Corvallis (U.S.A.). The Atlantic meridionale [...] The article Atlantic current acts like a "heat valve" of the Earth fir…