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Scientists have long claimed that warm, salty water leaking from the Indian Ocean south of South Africa—known as Agulhas Leakage—drives the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). A new study by an international team from the Netherlands, the U.S., China and the U.K. challenges that view, showing the link between the leakage and deep‑water formation is not as direct as previously thought. The research adds nuance to the understanding of the AMOC, a key component of Earth’s climate system.

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