Sentences with phrase «circulation system shut»

In his video address, Hansen says «all hell will break loose» should the ocean circulation system shut down entirely.

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This would shut down a global ocean circulation system that is driven by dense, salty water falling to the bottom of the north Atlantic and that ultimately produces the Gulf Stream.

This could slow down — or even shut down — the ocean circulation system that brings heat from the tropics to the high latitudes.

In addition to the risk of «several meters» of sea level rise this century, which Hansen calls the most important finding, the final version of Hansen's paper gives new emphasis to the possibility that the ocean's heat circulation system may be in the process of shutting down.