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If Too Much Fresh Water Enters the North Atlantic If too much fresh water enters the North Atlantic, its waters could stop sinking. The Great Conveyor would cease. Heat-bearing Gulf Stream waters (red arrows) would no longer flow into the North Atlantic, and winters would become more severe. (Illustration and animation by Jack Cook, WHOI)
