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The pace of climate change matters more than overall heat in the race to save key Atlantic currents, study finds


The rate of global warming, rather than the extra heat itself, could determine whether a system of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will cross a tipping point, new research suggests.

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