AMOC

See also: amoc

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.mɑk/

Proper noun

the AMOC

  1. (oceanography) Acronym of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation.
    • 2021 March 2, Moises Velasquez-Manoff, Jeremy White, “In the Atlantic Ocean, Subtle Shifts Hint at Dramatic Dangers”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 6 July 2026:
      The AMOC is thus a poster child for the idea of climatic “tipping points”—of hard-to-predict thresholds in Earth’s climate system that, once crossed, have rapid, cascading effects far beyond the corner of the globe where they occur.
    • 2026 June 12, Laura Paddison, “A mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the ocean has puzzled scientists. A new study says it’s an ominous sign”, in CNN‎[2], Atlanta, Ga.: Warner Bros. Discovery, archived from the original on 14 June 2026:
      An AMOC shutdown would be a global catastrophe, causing accelerated sea level rise on the US East Coast, plunging Europe into a winter deep freeze and shifting the monsoon in Africa, driving prolonged droughts.

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