What would happen if key ocean currents that bring warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic collapse? Temperatures in northern Europe would drop drastically, studies suggest. Our full story on the risks of AMOC collapse: www.bbc.com/news/article... - ThreadSky

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erwanrivault.bsky.social • 21 days ago

What would happen if key ocean currents that bring warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic collapse?

Temperatures in northern Europe would drop drastically, studies suggest.

Our full story on the risks of AMOC collapse:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn938ze4yyeo

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jeandelalune.bsky.social•21 days ago

As a person living in Bergen, I'll have to confess I can't wait for it to happen 😅
(as a climate scientist, that's scary 😬)

atthenius.bsky.social•21 days ago

That temperature change would be overlaid on a background of WARMING and the magnitude is MODEL SPECIFIC and UNCERTAIN probability of collapse (v shoaling or reducing).

AMOC collapse is at the bottom of my climate change worries.

Strongly recommend reading OSNAP papers; eg, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2022.0191