Environment & Energy

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Both AMOC and SMOC are slowing down.

AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)

Heat Storage Pattern Linked to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Slowdown (AGU/GRL)
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025GL116801

Continued Atlantic overturning circulation even under climate extremes (Nature, CMIP6 study)
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08544-0

Atlantic Ocean current expected to undergo limited weakening (University of Washington / Nature Geoscience)
https://www.washington.edu/news/2025/05/30/atlantic-ocean-current-expected-to-undergo-limited-weakening-with-climate-change-study-finds/

Critical ocean current has not declined in the last 60 years (ScienceDaily / WHOI press release)
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/06/250620222140.htm

Computer simulations show nightmare Atlantic current shutdown less likely this century (AP News)
https://apnews.com/article/113045605001da12127166e1b562f4c0



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SMOC (South Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)

South Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and its respective transports at 34.5 °S (Frontiers in Marine Science)
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2024.1474133/full


Strange how tone deaf the responses to my question are. It's OK. Nature bats last. That's the best part.
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