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AMOC is part of a system of currents which move heat around the oceans of the world. It delivers a stupendous flow of that heat-more than 1,000 terawatts-to the north Atlantic. That sounds like the sort of planetary juggernaut it would be incredibly hard for humans (whose global civilization runs are a mere 20 terwatts) to do anything about.

AMOC是全球洋流系统的一部分,将热量在世界各大洋之间进行移动。它将超过 1000 太瓦的惊人热流向北移动到北大西洋。听起来它像一个星球级的巨无霸系统,人类对它可以说是无法施加任何影响,因为全球人类文明的总能量也就仅仅 20 太瓦(不到AMOC 的 1/5)。

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