The concept of thermohaline circulation might sound like a complex term from a science textbook, but it plays a crucial role in our planet’s climate system. Sometimes referred to as the ...

1) The RDOM, however, flows with water molecules and completes the thermohaline circulation ... Figure 1: Schematic diagram of subsurface circulation and DOC distribution in the Atlantic and ...

If global warming shuts down the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean, the result could be catastrophic climate change. The environmental effects, models indicate, depend upon ...

However, a new study finds that, rather than cooling Europe, a slowdown of the Thermohaline Circulation would mean the continent still warms, but less quickly than other parts of the world.

Delworth, a climate scientist at Princeton University. The rate of this so-called thermohaline circulation depends on the temperature and salinity of the surface waters. The warmer and fresher ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- If global warming shuts down the thermohaline circulation in the North Atlantic Ocean, the result could be catastrophic climate change. The environmental effects, models ...