Simulations show that projected increases in Antarctic meltwater will slow down the abyssal ocean overturning circulation over the coming decades and lead to warming and ageing of the ocean abyss.
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Shenjie Zhou, an oceanographer at BAS and lead author of the study
Povl Abrahamsen is a physical oceanographer at BAS and co-author of the referenced study
Alessandro Silvano from the University of Southampton in the UK is also a co-author of the study
Holly Ayres, a researcher at the department of meteorology at Reading University in the UK, was not involved in the study