Climate Change Affects Ocean Currents

What is the great ocean conveyor, and what would happen if it were to collapse? Dr. Amy Bower, a Senior Scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, discusses how a series of ocean currents that link determine heat distribution around the globe. These currents are called the great ocean conveyor. Due to climate change, the great ocean conveyor is projected to slow down over time, and possibly even collapse. This will have major effects on the climate in different countries around the world. Because of this, more research is needed to help mitigate the effects of these currents slowing.