Caesar, L;
McCarthy, GD;
Thornalley, DJR;
Cahill, N;
Rahmstorf, S;
(2021)
Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium.
Nature Geoscience
, 14
pp. 118-120.
10.1038/s41561-021-00699-z.
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Abstract
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)—one of Earth’s major ocean circulation systems—redistributes heat on our planet and has a major impact on climate. Here, we compare a variety of published proxy records to reconstruct the evolution of the AMOC since about AD 400. A fairly consistent picture of the AMOC emerges: after a long and relatively stable period, there was an initial weakening starting in the nineteenth century, followed by a second, more rapid, decline in the mid-twentieth century, leading to the weakest state of the AMOC occurring in recent decades.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Current Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation weakest in last millennium |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41561-021-00699-z |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00699-z |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Climate change; Palaeoclimate; Physical oceanography |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Dept of Geography |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10123840 |
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