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A crucial system of ocean currents is heading for a collapse that ‘would affect every person on the planet’
Over 12,000 years ago, the Northern Hemisphere temperature fluctuated by 10 to 15 degrees Celsius just within a decade. It was caused by the warmer climate, which melted glaciers rapidly and shut down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC is a thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean, which consists of a northward flow of warm, salty water in the upper layers of the Atlantic, and a southward flow of colder, deep water. It functions like a giant global thermos-conveyor belt. As the AMOC helps regulates global weather patterns, if it fluctuates, global weather will be affected by large-scale disruptive events. The AMOC’s instability has been warned for some time because of global warming, but a recent study warns that the vital system of ocean currents could collapse within decades, or possibly a few years from now. Indeed, as the oceans heat up and ice melts, more freshwater flows into the ocean, then the density of seawater is reduced and the water conveyer fluctuates or even stops. It is happening and will pass the tipping point soon.
Read the article and learn about how and how much ocean currents affect weather patterns.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/25/world/gulf-stream-atlantic-current-collapse-climate-scn-intl/index.html
A crucial system of ocean currents is heading for a collapse that ‘would affect every person on the planet’
Over 12,000 years ago, the Northern Hemisphere temperature fluctuated by 10 to 15 degrees Celsius just within a decade. It was caused by the warmer climate, which melted glaciers rapidly and shut down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). The AMOC is a thermohaline circulation in the Atlantic Ocean, which consists of a northward flow of warm, salty water in the upper layers of the Atlantic, and a southward flow of colder, deep water. It functions like a giant global thermos-conveyor belt. As the AMOC helps regulates global weather patterns, if it fluctuates, global weather will be affected by large-scale disruptive events. The AMOC’s instability has been warned for some time because of global warming, but a recent study warns that the vital system of ocean currents could collapse within decades, or possibly a few years from now. Indeed, as the oceans heat up and ice melts, more freshwater flows into the ocean, then the density of seawater is reduced and the water conveyer fluctuates or even stops. It is happening and will pass the tipping point soon.
Read the article and learn about how and how much ocean currents affect weather patterns.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/25/world/gulf-stream-atlantic-current-collapse-climate-scn-intl/index.html
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