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Climate Change Could Slow Down Deep Ocean Current
2014-03-22 17:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
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...
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