A reduction in the strength of the Gulf Stream and a decrease in North Atlantic Deep-Water formation would most likely result in ________

A) absorbing surplus heat energy
B) increasing oceanic primary productivity
C) moving carbon dioxide and nutrients from the deep ocean to the surface ocean
D) removing carbon dioxide and sequestering carbon dioxide above the thermocline
E) trapping carbon dioxide in sea ice


A

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