Communications Earth & Environment (May 2022)

The redistribution of anthropogenic excess heat is a key driver of warming in the North Atlantic

  • Marie-José Messias,
  • Herlé Mercier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00443-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The deep layers of the North Atlantic Ocean are expected to warm in the coming decades as excess heat taken up at the ocean surface is redistributed, suggests a historical reconstruction of full-depth ocean heat content.