Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean

Anthropogenically-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation since the 1950s have led the upper overturning cell in the Southern Ocean to expand and strengthen while the lower cell has contracted and weakened, according to diagnostic model simulations.

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Main Authors: Sang-Ki Lee, Rick Lumpkin, Fabian Gomez, Stephen Yeager, Hosmay Lopez, Filippos Takglis, Shenfu Dong, Wilton Aguiar, Dongmin Kim, Molly Baringer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00727-3
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author Sang-Ki Lee
Rick Lumpkin
Fabian Gomez
Stephen Yeager
Hosmay Lopez
Filippos Takglis
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description Anthropogenically-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation since the 1950s have led the upper overturning cell in the Southern Ocean to expand and strengthen while the lower cell has contracted and weakened, according to diagnostic model simulations.
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spelling doaj.art-ac0d132a7b124fef895d364745ac95102023-03-22T12:28:34ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Earth & Environment2662-44352023-03-014111210.1038/s43247-023-00727-3Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern OceanSang-Ki Lee0Rick Lumpkin1Fabian Gomez2Stephen Yeager3Hosmay Lopez4Filippos Takglis5Shenfu Dong6Wilton Aguiar7Dongmin Kim8Molly Baringer9NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNational Center for Atmospheric ResearchNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryNOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological LaboratoryAnthropogenically-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation since the 1950s have led the upper overturning cell in the Southern Ocean to expand and strengthen while the lower cell has contracted and weakened, according to diagnostic model simulations.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00727-3
spellingShingle Sang-Ki Lee
Rick Lumpkin
Fabian Gomez
Stephen Yeager
Hosmay Lopez
Filippos Takglis
Shenfu Dong
Wilton Aguiar
Dongmin Kim
Molly Baringer
Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean
Communications Earth & Environment
title Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean
title_full Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean
title_fullStr Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean
title_full_unstemmed Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean
title_short Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean
title_sort human induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the southern ocean
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-00727-3
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