The Atlantic's chilling secret: A century of data reveals ocean current collapse
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A century-old mystery of a stubborn cold patch in the North Atlantic is finally being unraveled. A new study links this anomaly to a long-term weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) a massive ocean current system that regulates climate across the Northern Hemisphere. Using over 100 years of temperature and salinity data, researchers showed that only models with a weakening AMOC could recreate the observed changes. The implications are vast, influencing everything from European weather to marine ecosystems, and casting doubt on many recent climate models that underestimated this oceanic shift.
  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    This will not only affect weather in Europe. AMOC also is crucial for cooling down the temperature in africa and causing rain in south America, to support rainforest. If it collapses, it will have very big implications

    The interesting thing is that scientists are looking into tipping points for this colaps. It is not the first time that this is happening and it got back to functioning again. There is a point though where you can press it so much that it won’t be able to return back from a collapse.