Which effect rapidly decreases when salinity stratification weakens in North Atlantic circulation?

💡 Explanation

When salinity stratification weakens, convective overturning decreases because density differences between surface and deep waters become smaller, thereby reducing deep water formation. Therefore formation rates decline, rather than Ekman currents, gyres, or upwelling which depend on wind and coastal geomorphology.

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