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GreenWave

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1. A few decades ago I read about freshwater meltoff halting what then was called a shunt
Fri Feb 9, 2024, 03:36 PM
Feb 2024

in the ocean salt water at critical drop off points interrupting the flow of the convection currents which send warm surface waters toward the poles and plunge colder water to the equator where it up-wells cooling that region.That study suggested it could take thousands of years to reactivate.

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