Using both observations and simulations from multiple models, researchers show that most models underestimate the amplitude of low-frequency AMOC variability.
Using both observations and simulations from multiple models, researchers show that most models underestimate the amplitude of low-frequency AMOC variability.
An international team of scientists used six years of simultaneous moored observations with satellite winds to produce a new MOC volume transport record for 34.5°S in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Scientists have investigated differences between two arrays (at 16N and 26N) and found that both datasets show deep waters (below 1100 m) at the western boundary becoming fresher and less dense, but there remain discrepancies in the methods measuring ocean circulation.
Researchers show that weakened surface ocean circulation coincides with precipitation during the Little Ice Age and is consistent with little-to-no changes in the larger Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.
Using observations and a coupled Earth system model, a new study shows that the decline of the Atlantic major hurricane frequency during 2005–2015 is associated with a weakening of the AMOC.
The Arctic sea ice decline may explain the suggested slow-down of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and the persistence of the Warming Hole.
A new study helps clarify how past and future coastal sea level changes are related to local winds and large-scale ocean circulation.
A recent study investigates the drivers of changes in deep ocean circulation across a range of modern and Last Glacial Maximum (~21000 years ago) climate modeling simulations, revealing biases in Antarctic sea ice formation.
NASA and MIT scientists found that gases are more easily absorbed over time than heat. As the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) slows down, the ocean absorbs less of both atmospheric gases and heat, though its ability to absorb heat is more greatly reduced.
A new study reconstructs a century-long South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation index, from 1870 to present, finding it is highly correlated to the observational-based SAMOC time series and the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation is the leading mode of variability.
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