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radleft t1_je7hwsw wrote
Reply to comment by Substantial-Pass-992 in Melting Antarctic ice predicted to cause rapid slowdown of deep ocean current by 2050 by wordswontcomeout
Extremely cold/dense water underneath Antarctic's floating/shelf glaciers sinks to the bottom & flows North. The sinking of the water pulls in more water under the glacier, and this interaction drives the system.
The deep cold currents split & keep heading North until they upwell in various places, and this helps to cool the environments in which these events occur.
The sudden collapse of a floating/shelf glacier would instantly shut off the system that keeps the water flowing. The upwelling may occur for a short time after, just from momentum, but the 'pressure' driving the system has been cut off.
The effected environments would suffer rapid heating; with attending biological disasters.
radleft t1_jegxcr8 wrote
Reply to 2 racing vehicles crash into stolen Charger doing donuts at intersection; 3 injured by No_Carpet7125
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