How sensitive is the oceanic conveyor belt to the influx of glacial melt water and/or decrease of seasonal ice formation in the Arctic Ocean/North Atlantic Ocean?

The impact of all other global warming issues may be minimized if there is a threshold of fresh water influx and/or decrease of seasonal ice formation which may soon be exceeded and thus dramatically slow or reverse the trend of global warming.

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1. ewwo says:

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   Unfiortunately, the questioner misunderstands the nature of the climate effects of a changing Atlantic overturning circulation. A reduction would not reduce GLOBAL temperatures, but just redistribute heat from the north to the south. We’d certainly like to know if it’s going to happen, but it isn’t a good thing if it does!