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Broecker, W. S. (1999). What if the conveyor were to shut down? Reflections on a possible outcome of the great global experiment. GSA Today, 9(1), 1-7.
Broecker, Wallace S. "What if the conveyor were to shut down? Reflections on a possible outcome of the great global experiment." GSA Today 9.1 (1999): 1-7.
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What if the conveyor were to shut down? Reflections on a possible outcome of the great global experiment.

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Suggestions that the ongoing greenhouse buildup might induce a shutdown of the ocean's thermohaline circulation raise the questions as to how Earth's climate would change if such an event were to occur. The answer preferred by the popular press is that conditions akin to those that characterized the Younger Dryas—the last kiloyear cold snap—would return. But this extreme scenario is an unlikely one, for models suggest that in order to force a conveyor shutdown, Earth would have to undergo a 4 to 5 C greenhouse warming. Hence, the …

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