In recent years, the tropical Indian Ocean has experienced persistent warming larger than any other basin. Now research suggests that this may exert a stabilizing effect on the meridional overturning circulation in the north Atlantic Ocean by attenuating its recent weakening, with implications for climate change worldwide.
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Cherchi, A. Connecting AMOC changes. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 729–730 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0590-x
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