Thermohaline Cycle
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ysabetwordsmithIs an Atlantic Ocean current collapse imminent?
We don’t often see a scientific paper that uses the word warning in its title. But a new paper published July 25, 2023, in the prestigious journal Nature does use that word. It describes an imminent collapse of a key system of ocean currents, due to global warming. The paper is titled Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
And, this paper says, the collapse could come as early as 2025.
The ocean currents of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, aka the AMOC, help transport heat around the globe. So they are a key factor in a wide variety of weather and climate conditions.
A collapse of this system of currents could cause a precipitous drop in temperatures in Europe, including Scandinavia. It could raise sea level on the U.S. East Coast. And it could disrupt rainfall that billions of people depend on for food in India, South America and West Africa.
In other words, when climate change cuts the belt that circulates the oceans, bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.
We don’t often see a scientific paper that uses the word warning in its title. But a new paper published July 25, 2023, in the prestigious journal Nature does use that word. It describes an imminent collapse of a key system of ocean currents, due to global warming. The paper is titled Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
And, this paper says, the collapse could come as early as 2025.
The ocean currents of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, aka the AMOC, help transport heat around the globe. So they are a key factor in a wide variety of weather and climate conditions.
A collapse of this system of currents could cause a precipitous drop in temperatures in Europe, including Scandinavia. It could raise sea level on the U.S. East Coast. And it could disrupt rainfall that billions of people depend on for food in India, South America and West Africa.
In other words, when climate change cuts the belt that circulates the oceans, bend over and kiss your ass goodbye.
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