Climatology

Chapter 8

How is the North Atalntic Thermohaline Circulation (NATC) affected?
What event may have affected the NATC before?

warmer freshwater from greenland glaciers flows into the north atlantic, where it makes the seawater less salty. This means it does not sink down so easily, which slows down the circulation
 
Younger Dyras Period might have been caused by the shutdown of the NATC

Freshwater outflow from Hudson Bay in the Labrador sea might have caused the colder time 8.000 years ago

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