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Nature 399, 523-524 (10 June 1999) | doi:10.1038/21066

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Shifting seas in the greenhouse?

Stefan Rahmstorf1

The effect that global warming might have on the circulation of the Atlantic Ocean has been a topic of much speculation and research. On page 572 of this issue, Wood et al.1 present greenhouse warming scenarios computed with a climate model that, for the first time, gives a realistic simulation of the large-scale ocean currents without requiring artificial adjustments of the air-sea fluxes.

  1. Stefan Rahmstorf is at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), PO Box 60 12 03, 14412 Potsdam, Germany.
    e-mail: Email: stefan@pik-potsdam.de