Now, a new study suggests that the circulation of warm water in the Atlantic may be tougher to disrupt than previously thought. The research, by a team of marine scientists from Europe and the United States, found that “leakage” from a little-studied Indian Ocean current that runs along the east coast of Africa may intensify even as the Gulf Stream weakens, helping keep the northward flow of tropical waters in balance.
And the leakage from the current, known as the Algulhas Current, may already be accelerating because of climate change, the scientists said.
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