Which outcome occurs when localized ocean cooling disrupts thermohaline circulation?

💡 Explanation

Disrupting thermohaline circulation reduces heat transport because density-driven sinking slows down, therefore less warm surface water moves poleward, rather than other localized ecosystem changes whose triggers require different forcing variables.

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