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An oceanic 'fast-lane' for climate change

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A deep-sea current moves millions of cubic metres of water northward every second.

Work in Japan and Australia has revealed that a deep-ocean current is carrying frigid water rapidly northward from Antarctica along the edge of a giant underwater plateau.

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  1. Fukamachi, Y. et al. Nature Geosci. doi:10.1038/ngeo842 (2010).

  2. Orsi, A. H. Nature Geosci. doi:10.1038/ngeo854 (2010).

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Lovett, R. An oceanic 'fast-lane' for climate change. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.201

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