No evidence of polar warming during penultimate interglacial

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 09:31 in Earth & Climate

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), driven by temperature and salinity gradients, is an important component of the climate system; it transfers an enormous amount of heat via ocean currents and atmospheric circulation to high northern latitudes and hence has bearing on climate in the region.

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