The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation delivers warmth to high latitudes and carbon to depth. Historical temperature and salinity records call into question the traditional view that these waters form a single coherent conveyer system of currents.
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de Boer, A. Sea change. Nature Geosci 3, 668–669 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo963
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