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[-] nightlily@leminal.space 2 points 5 days ago

Atlantic meridional overturning current. It’s an ocean current that draws warm water up from the east coast of South/Central America, north and eastward

[-] alpine_jim@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

The shallow, sunny Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean are the main place for heat energy entering the system.

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JC017073

this shows about three times as much heat entering the system in the Gulf and Caribbean (~1.2 petawatts) than is brought from the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean (0.4PW).

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