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Ocean Currents
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For many years, the favorite horror story about [blank] climate change was that a shift in ocean currents could [blank] cool Europe's climate. These currents, called the overturning [blank] , bring warm water and warm temperatures north from the equator to Europe. Susan Lozier, an [blank] at Duke University, says scientists have long worried that this ocean circulation could be disrupted.
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For many years, the favorite horror story about abrupt climate change was that a shift in ocean currents could radically cool Europe's climate. These currents, called the overturning circulation , bring warm water and warm temperatures north from the equator to Europe. Susan Lozier, an oceanographer at Duke University, says scientists have long worried that this ocean circulation could be disrupted.
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