Slowing Atlantic current fueling stronger California storms

Study shows how ocean circulation will reshape global rainfall
By Jules Bernstein |
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A slowing Atlantic Ocean current is projected to intensify powerful storms in California while reducing snowfall over Greenland, according to a new University of California, Riverside study.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, works like a giant conveyor belt in the ocean, moving warm water from the tropics northward to heat places like Europe, then cycling the cooled, denser water back south along the ocean floor.

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