New study: Atlantic Ocean current system • Table.Briefings

Water samples are taken off Greenland to measure salinity: How the melting land ice influences the Atlantic circulation is still not clearly depicted in models.

Contrary to previous assumptions, the Atlantic Ocean circulation (AMOC) has remained stable in recent decades. However, a new study shows that this is no all-clear for the tipping point.

Contrary to previous assumptions, a study published in the journal Nature Communications by the University of Bern and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the US concludes that ocean circulation in the North Atlantic (AMOC) has not slowed down over the past 60 years. The results relativized earlier studies that were „widely quoted“ in the media – but they are not an all-clear.

New study: Atlantic Ocean current system AMOC stable for decades

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