The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) transports warm water and life-supporting nutrients from the tropics to the North Atlantic.
Sources
- Is the Atlantic Ocean's great conveyer belt really slowing ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/amoc.html (oceanservice.noaa.gov)
- https://ncas.ac.uk/what-is-the-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-and-its-role-for-our-planet/ (ncas.ac.uk)
- https://www.noc.ac.uk/discover-the-ocean/oceans-explained/the-atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation (noc.ac.uk)
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