Which consequence results with increased Antarctic glacial melting?

💡 Explanation

A large influx of freshwater from melting glaciers reduces ocean salinity, hindering the North Atlantic Deep Water formation critical to thermohaline circulation; because salinity difference drives density gradients. Therefore, circulation weakens, rather than upwelling increasing due to altered stratification.

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