International Business Times: Deep ocean currents that act as conveyer belts -- channeling heat, carbon, oxygen and nutrients around the globe -- could be slowed down due to climate-change effects, causing serious consequences for the planet in the future, according to a new study, conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and McGill University in Canada.
The researchers said in the study, published in Nature Climate Change, that Antarctic Bottom Waters, a massive current of cold, salty and dense water that...