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The Ocean-Climate Connection: Currents, Heat, and Collapse Risk
“If the Atlantic conveyor shuts down—what happens to Alberta?”
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SUMMARY - The Ocean-Climate Connection: Currents, Heat, and Collapse Risk

The ocean is not merely a backdrop to climate change—it is the climate system's primary buffer, absorbing over 90% of the excess heat from global warming and roughly a quarter of human carbon dioxide emissions. This enormous service comes at a cost: warming waters, rising seas, acidifying chemistry, and potentially destabilizing circulation patterns that regulate weather across continents. Understanding the ocean-climate connection reveals both why the ocean has protected us from worse warming and why that protection cannot continue indefinitely.

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