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Vital ocean currents regulating Earth’s climate ‘on course to a tipping point’

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A large and vital system of ocean currents that helps maintain the world’s climate may already be on course to a tipping point, according to scientists.

Known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc), this network of deep and surface currents help keep temperatures milder in the UK and Western Europe compared to other regions at similar latitudes – such as parts of eastern Canada as well as Siberia.

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