Shutting Down the Thermohaline Circulation
研究利用三个气候模型实验发现，温盐环流减缓导致的降温幅度小于温室气体增温，通过综合评估模型分析表明，这种减缓对人类福利总体上有轻微正面影响。
Past climatic changes were caused by a slowdown of the thermohaline circulation. We use results from experiments with three climate models to show that the expected cooling due to a slowdown of the thermohaline circulation is less in magnitude than the expected warming due to increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. The integrated assessment model FUND and a meta-analysis of climate impacts are used to evaluate the change in human welfare. We find modest but by and large positive effects on human welfare since a slowdown of the thermohaline circulation implies decelerated warming.