Sentences with phrase «thermohaline circulation system»

Not exact matches

Broecker, W.S., 1997: Thermohaline circulation, the Achilles heel of our climate system: will man - made CO2 upset the current balance?

[I] n the Atlantic, the heat is carried north as part of a powerful current system known as the Atlantic thermohaline circulation.

In the ocean, we need to consider better the controls on thermohaline circulation, on potential changes in biological productivity, and on the overall stability of the ocean circulation system.

We have used the Grid ENabled Integrated Earth system modelling (GENIE) framework to undertake a systematic search for bi-stability of the ocean thermohaline circulation (THC) for different surface grids and resolutions of 3 - D ocean (GOLDSTEIN) under a 3 - D dynamical atmosphere model (IGCM).

Pachauri outlined the potential for major changes to the climate system, which could overwhelm human response strategies - breakdown of the thermohaline circulation, disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, a shift in mean climate towards an El Nino - like state, reduced carbon sink capacity, methane release from hydrates, and a rearrangement of biome distributions.

In recent decades, much research on these topics has raised the questions of «tipping points» and «system flips,» where feedbacks in the system compound to rapidly cause massive reorganization of global climate over very short periods of time — a truncation or reorganization of the thermohaline circulation or of food web structures, for instance, caused by the loss of sea ice or warming ocean temperatures.

So far, we know of only one element of the climate system which has multiple modes of operation: the oceans» thermohaline circulation.

The natural internal variability of the climate system arises from factors such as El Niño, fluctuations in the thermohaline circulation, and changes in ocean heat content.

· Freshwater influx from movements and melting of sea ice or ice sheets may lead to a weakening of the global thermohaline circulation, causing unpredictable instabilities in the climate system.

• Freshwater influx from the movements and melting of sea ice or ice sheets may lead to a weakening of the global thermohaline circulation, causing unpredictable instabilities in the climate system.

... system known as the «thermohaline circulation» or «great ocean conveyor belt.»