System of Atlantic currents approaching ‘Day After Tomorrow’ calamity, study suggests
The IndependentSign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Atlantic Ocean circulation could be on course to tipping point, study suggests “We are moving closer, but we we're not sure how much closer,” said study lead author Rene van Westen, a climate scientist and oceanographer at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Stefan Rahmstorf, head of Earth Systems Analysis at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Research in Germany, was not part of the research, but called it “a major advance in AMOC stability science.” “The new study adds significantly to the rising concern about an AMOC collapse in the not too distant future,” Rahmstorf said in an email. An AMOC collapse would cause so many ripples throughout the world's climate that are “so abrupt and severe that they would be near impossible to adapt to in some locations,” Lenton said. When the AMOC shuts down, there's less heat exchanged across the globe and “it really impacts Europe quite severely,” van Westen said.
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