Recent research suggests that slowing the circulation of the ocean as a result of climate change could increase the level of extreme cold weather in the United States.

All over the world, there is a conveyor belt of water.

Its vibraent is driven by fluctuation in temperature and salt water, and weather patterns around the world are regulated by its activity.

A pair of researchers investigated the Atlantic portion of this conveyor belt known as Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and found that winter weather in the United States is essentially dependent on it.

As the AMOC slows as a result of climate change, the US will endure more extreme cold in winter.

Here is the functioning of the AMOC: Warm water moves north in the upper Atlantic Ocean and releases warmth into the atmosphere at high latitudes.

Climate models assume that the climate will be even weaker as a reaction to the increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

The difference between that the role of AMOCs in extremely cold weather.

Underwater environment

The underwater environment refers to the region below the surface of, and immersed in, liquid water in a natural or artificial feature , such as an ocean, sea, lake, pond, reservoir, river, canal, (wikipedia)


North Atlantic Deep Water

North Atlantic Deep Water is a deep water mass formed in the North Atlantic Ocean. (wikipedia)


National Hurricane Center

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Thermohaline circulation

Thermohaline circulation is a part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by global density gradients created by surface heat and freshwater fluxes. (wikipedia)


Cold blob

The cold blob in the North Atlantic describes a cold temperature anomaly of ocean surface waters, (wikipedia)


Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world’s oceans, with an area of about 106,460,000 km2 . (wikipedia)