En-en adult card 42 thermohaline circulation

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Card #42: Thermohaline circulation

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The Gulf Stream is part of the ocean's thermohaline circulation. It could weaken in response to freshwater input from Greenland's melting ice sheet. This could disrupt the water cycle even more and reduce the ocean's capacity to absorb more carbon and heat.

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Card #42: Weakening Gulf Stream

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The Gulf Stream is part of the ocean's thermohaline circulation. It could weaken in response to freshwater input from Greenland's melting ice sheet. This could disrupt the water cycle even more and reduce the ocean's capacity to absorb more carbon and heat.

Definition

Correction

Causes

Consequences

Other possible links

Other consequences

To go further

Observation

Projections

References