Warming could disrupt Atlantic Ocean current
New simulations revise freshwater impact on circulation’s stability
![Atlantic Ocean current](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/010417_TS_atlantic-current_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
CONVEYOR BELT Rising temperatures could shut down the Atlantic Ocean current (depicted here) that helps warm northwestern Europe, a new simulation shows.
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