Is Indian Ocean helping Atlantic currents? | Explained News, The Indian Express

Is Indian Ocean helping Atlantic currents? | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Updated: September 23, 2019 4:25:24 am

Is Indian Ocean helping Atlantic currents?

For the last 15 years, however, scientists have been worried by signs that AMOC may be slowing, which could have drastic consequences on global climate.

Called Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current, or AMOC, it ensures the oceans are continually mixed, and heat and energy are distributed around Earth.

In the Atlantic operates a large system of ocean currents, circulating the waters between the north and the south. Called Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current, or AMOC, it ensures the oceans are continually mixed, and heat and energy are distributed around Earth.