Evidence lacking for a pending collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

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X.C. was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China under grant no. 41825012.

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Chen, X., Tung, KK. Evidence lacking for a pending collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01877-0
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