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Nature 447, 383 (24 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447383a; Published online 23 May 2007

Concept Oceanography: Power of pull

Martin Visbeck1

  1. Martin Visbeck is at the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of Kiel, Düsternbrooker Weg 20, 24105 Kiel, Germany.

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As the complex interplay of forces in the ocean responds to climate change, the dynamics of global ocean circulation are shifting.

Global climate change is edging the oceans towards a daunting future of sea-level rise, an increase in dissolved carbon dioxide and in acidity, reduced subsurface oxygen, and the possible loss of marine biodiversity and ecosystem functions. In all of this, large-scale ocean circulation plays a central role.

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