Understanding the AMOC: Why Ocean Currents Matter
Class - In Person & Zoom | Available (Membership Required)
We will introduce you to the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a major part of global ocean currents that influence weather patterns around the world. There is concern that current global warming will cause melting of the Greenland ice sheet, reducing the AMOC, the strength of the Gulf Stream, and the warming effects of the Gulf Stream on Western Europe. Meting ice, in turn, could raise sea levels along the US east coast - an effect further enhanced by the slowing of the Gulf Stream.
John Klinck
John M. Klinck is a professor in the Ocean and Earth Sciences department at Old Dominion University. He earned BS and MS degrees in physics, followed by a Ph.D. in marine science at North Carolina State University. His research focus is physical processes in the ocean using data analysis and computer models. He enjoys participating in outreach programs in middle schools introducing students to various topics of ocean science.