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The 49 pages that link to Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, each with the reason it gives.

• Last Glacial MaximumRelated: Its changes redistributed heat during abrupt climate fluctuations around the LGM.

• Climate change in the ArcticRelated: Its changes affect northward ocean heat transport into parts of the Arctic.

• Younger DryasRelated: Its weakening is a leading explanation for abrupt North Atlantic cooling during the Younger Dryas.

• PlioceneRelated: Changes in Atlantic heat transport influenced Pliocene regional climates.

• Little Ice AgeRelated: Changes in ocean heat transport may have helped sustain North Atlantic cooling.

• Greenland ice sheetRelated: Freshwater from Greenland melt can alter salinity and density in the North Atlantic.

• Isthmus of PanamaRelated: The isthmus altered the seaways connecting the Atlantic and Pacific, influencing Atlantic circulation.

• Pleistocene glaciationRelated: Its shifts altered heat transport and regional climates during glacial cycles.

• Dansgaard–Oeschger eventRelated: Changes in its strength are a leading explanation for the North Atlantic temperature shifts.

• PaleoceanographyRelated: Its past strength and variability are reconstructed from sedimentary tracers and fossil assemblages.

• Last Glacial PeriodRelated: Its changing strength is a leading explanation for some abrupt North Atlantic climate shifts.

• Ocean warmingRelated: Warming and freshwater input can alter the density contrasts that help sustain this circulation.

• South Atlantic OceanRelated: Its upper and deep branches pass through the South Atlantic.

• Agulhas CurrentRelated: Agulhas leakage supplies salt that can influence this overturning circulation.

• Labrador CurrentRelated: The Labrador Sea is a region where surface waters connect with deeper overturning circulation.

• Lake AgassizRelated: A proposed Agassiz freshwater pulse could have weakened this circulation and reduced northern heat transport.

• Sargasso SeaRelated: Its variability may influence the broader circulation surrounding the Sargasso Sea.

• Bay of BiscayRelated: Its broader circulation forms part of the ocean setting around the gulf.

• Climate change in BrazilRelated: Changes to Atlantic circulation can influence rainfall in northeastern Brazil.

• Last InterglacialRelated: Its changes influenced how warmth and precipitation were distributed around the North Atlantic.

• Allerød oscillationRelated: Changes in this circulation are central to explanations of rapid North Atlantic climate shifts.

• Bølling oscillationRelated: Changes in this circulation are a leading explanation for abrupt North Atlantic temperature shifts.

• Climate change in EuropeRelated: Its heat transport helps shape Europe’s climate, although its future changes remain uncertain.

• Gulf of MaineRelated: Its changing strength can influence the regional supply of heat to the gulf.

• History of climate change scienceRelated: Its behavior illustrates unresolved questions about regional climate change and abrupt shifts.

• Ocean temperatureRelated: Temperature and density differences help sustain its exchange of warm and cold waters.

• Older DryasRelated: Changes in North Atlantic heat transport are a leading mechanism proposed for rapid deglacial temperature shifts.