New Research Challenges Role of Agulhas Leakage in AMOC
For decades, scientific consensus held that the transfer of warm, saline Indian Ocean water around South Africa into the Atlantic Ocean—known as Agulhas Leakage—played a fundamental role in sustaining or strengthening the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). According to conventional theory, this interocean exchange supplies essential salt that supports North Atlantic Deep Water formation. However, … Read more