https://epsci.ucr.edu/ en https://epsci.ucr.edu/news/2024/06/13/ancient-ocean-slowdown-warns-future-climate-chaos <span>Ancient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaos</span> <span><span>Tracie Ventimiglia</span></span> <span><time datetime="2024-06-13T13:19:31-07:00" title="Thursday, June 13, 2024 - 13:19">Thu, 06/13/2024 - 13:19</time> </span> <a href="https://epsci.ucr.edu/news">More News</a> <picture> <source srcset="https://epsci.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/ancient-ocean-slowdown.png?h=b07fb2f5&amp;itok=643ye_Xt 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1401px)" type="image/png" width="1170" height="450"> <source srcset="https://epsci.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/ancient-ocean-slowdown.png?h=b07fb2f5&amp;itok=643ye_Xt 1x" media="all and (min-width: 1025px) and (max-width: 1400px)" type="image/png" width="1170" height="450"> <source srcset="https://epsci.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_m/public/ancient-ocean-slowdown.png?h=b07fb2f5&amp;itok=arXYpiet 1x" media="all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px)" type="image/png" width="1023" height="450"> <source srcset="https://epsci.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_s/public/ancient-ocean-slowdown.png?h=b07fb2f5&amp;itok=R-HH13i7 1x" type="image/png" width="767" height="767"> <img loading="eager" width="1170" height="450" src="https://epsci.ucr.edu/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_l/public/ancient-ocean-slowdown.png?h=b07fb2f5&amp;itok=643ye_Xt" alt> </picture> Jules Bernstein <time datetime="2024-06-13T12:00:00Z">June 13, 2024</time> <p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(69, 90, 100);font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.125em;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.6;margin:0px 0px 1rem;orphans:2;outline:none;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-rendering:optimizelegibility;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">When it comes to the ocean’s response to global warming, we’re not in entirely uncharted waters. A UC Riverside study shows that episodes of extreme heat in Earth’s past caused the exchange of waters from the surface to the deep ocean to decline.&nbsp;</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(69, 90, 100);font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.125em;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.6;margin:0px 0px 1rem;orphans:2;outline:none;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-rendering:optimizelegibility;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">This system has been described as the "global conveyer belt," because it redistributes heat around the globe through the movement of the ocean waters, making large portions of the planet habitable.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/06/13/ancient-ocean-slowdown-warns-future-climate-chaos" target="_blank">Read more.</a><br>&nbsp;</p><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(69, 90, 100);font-family:&quot;Fira Sans Regular&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:1.125em;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.6;margin:0px 0px 1rem;orphans:2;outline:none;padding:0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-rendering:optimizelegibility;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">&nbsp;</p><p><br>&nbsp;</p> <div class="tags-title">Tags</div> <div class="tags-list"> <div><a href="https://epsci.ucr.edu/tags/sandra-kirtland-turner" hreflang="en">Sandra Kirtland Turner</a></div> </div> <div class="sharing-title">Share This</div><span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://epsci.ucr.edu/news/2024/06/13/ancient-ocean-slowdown-warns-future-climate-chaos" data-a2a-title="Ancient ocean slowdown warns of future climate chaos"><a class="a2a_button_facebook"></a><a class="a2a_button_x"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin"></a><a class="a2a_button_google_plus"></a><a class="a2a_button_email"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" aria-label="more options to share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fepsci.ucr.edu%2Fnews%2F2024%2F06%2F13%2Fancient-ocean-slowdown-warns-future-climate-chaos&amp;title=Ancient%20ocean%20slowdown%20warns%20of%20future%20climate%20chaos"></a></span><script> (function () { const customClassName = 'show-for-sr'; const targetContainer = document.querySelector('.a2a_kit.addtoany_list'); if (!targetContainer) return; const addClassToLabels = () => { const labels = targetContainer.querySelectorAll('.a2a_label'); if (labels.length > 0) { labels.forEach(label => { if (!label.classList.contains(customClassName)) { label.classList.add(customClassName); } }); console.log('Successfully applied show-for-sr class to AddToAny labels.'); return true; } return false; }; const observerConfig = { childList: true, subtree: true }; const observer = new MutationObserver((mutationsList, observer) => { if (addClassToLabels()) { observer.disconnect(); } }); if (!addClassToLabels()) { observer.observe(targetContainer, observerConfig); } })(); </script> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:19:31 +0000 Tracie Ventimiglia 968 at https://epsci.ucr.edu