Data: NOAA OIST v2.1 via Climate Reanalyzer, University of Maine; Note: Mean refers to 1982-2011; Chart: Simran Parwani/Axios Ocean temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean Basin went an ...

This causes a net transport of freshwater out of the North Atlantic basin and makes the surface waters there very salty (Figure 2) (Broecker et al. 1990b, Zaucker & Broecker 1992). As these warm ...