A crucial system of ocean currents is heading for a collapse that 'would affect every person on the planet' | CNN
The AMOC is a complex tangle of currents that works like a giant global conveyor belt. It transports warm water from the tropics toward the North Atlantic, where the water cools, becomes saltier and sinks deep into the ocean, before spreading southwards....
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