Which outcome occurs when glacial melt intensifies significantly during summer?

💡 Explanation

Increased glacial melt reduces seawater density due to decreased salinity, inhibiting the sinking necessary for North Atlantic Deep Water formation through thermohaline circulation, because it disrupts the density gradients that drive the process. Therefore weakening occurs, rather than acceleration, because density is impacted.

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