The Atlantic’s “conveyor belt” is slowing.
New observations from 16.5°–42.5°N show a two-decade, basin-wide decline in deep western overturning, the first robust observational evidence that the AMOC is weakening, confirming long-standing model predictions.
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Western boundary observations in the Atlantic suggest a meridionally consistent decline in the ocean overturning circulation.
