Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean

Anthropogenically-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation since the 1950s have led the upper overturning cell in the Southern Ocean to expand and strengthen while the lower cell has contracted and weakened, according to diagnostic model simulations.

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Author Lee, S.
Lumpkin, R.
Gomez, F.
Yeager, Stephen
Lopez, H.
Takglis, F.
Dong, S.
Aguiar, W.
Kim, D.
Baringer, M.
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Library
Publication Date 2023-03-13T00:00:00
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Suggested Citation Lee, S., Lumpkin, R., Gomez, F., Yeager, Stephen, Lopez, H., Takglis, F., Dong, S., Aguiar, W., Kim, D., Baringer, M.. (2023). Human-induced changes in the global meridional overturning circulation are emerging from the Southern Ocean. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d73j3hwk. Accessed 08 November 2025.

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