Increased Asian aerosols drive a slowdown of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

Abstract Observational evidence and climate model experiments suggest a slowdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) since the mid-1990s. Increased greenhouse gases and the declined anthropogenic aerosols (AAs) over North America and Europe are believed to contribute to the AMO...

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Main Authors: Fukai Liu, Xun Li, Yiyong Luo, Wenju Cai, Jian Lu, Xiao-Tong Zheng, Sarah M. Kang, Hai Wang, Lei Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44597-x