Posted on 07/25/2023 1:08:47 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
THE SYSTEM OF ocean currents that bring warm water to the north Atlantic Ocean is likely to collapse by the middle of the century if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced, a new study has found.
Researchers in Denmark studying the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) expect it to collapse this century under current projections of future emissions.
The study, published today in scientific journal Nature, expects that the AMOC will collapse some time between 2025 and 2095, with “high confidence” that it will happen as soon as the middle of the century.
The AMOC regulates how heat moves from the lower latitudes into the northern hemisphere.
If it stalls or collapses altogether, it would have significant international impacts, making winters in Europe harsher, disrupting monsoon season patterns, and raising sea levels.
The collapse of the AMOC is one of several ‘tipping points’ that scientists are concerned woulld bring irreversible changes with major effects for the planet.
“We predict with high confidence the tipping [point] to happen as soon as mid-century,” the study stated, with a 95% confidence range of 2025 to 2095.
“These results are under the assumption that the model is approximately correct, and we, of course, cannot rule out that other mechanisms are at play, and thus, the uncertainty is larger. However, we have reduced the analysis to have as few and sound assumptions as possible, and given the importance of the AMOC for the climate system, we ought not to ignore such clear indicators of an imminent collapse,” the study said.
It said the findings are a “worrisome result” that “should call for fast and effective measures to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions” to slow down temperature increases and ice melting in the North Atlantic region.
or not......................
Quick, plug up all the volcanos around the world!
They’re pulling out all the stops with the current level of climate fear porn.
I’ll that the opposite side of that bet.
Over fishing by Europeans are a bigger reason for the death of the oceans.
So “global warming” is going to lead to new ice age....
Because if that convection current does stop, the northern latitudes are going to freeze...
It could
If it does
It might
Perhaps
Possibly
But yet definitely, and harsher winters will all the more prove anthropogenic warming. An ice age will especially prove it lolz
I’m a proud “ocean current system collapse” denier.
That was an unchallenged claim from Sheila Jasckson Lee, in reference to slave trade.
How come Sheila Jackson Lee, hasn't changed her racist legacy namesake yet?
The Sun could explode in the next 50 years as well.
That was Major Owens, not SJL.
They haul this one out every few years, whenever they need a jolt of adrenaline.
Thanks. She was the flag on Mars right?
Yes.
In the late 80’s and 90’s I actually saw her as an attractive woman. The hate poisoned that one.
That’s a standard feature of all these Climate Change predictions. Something *might* happen many, many decades from now.
Well, okay. I have a prediction too. Unless everyone starts wearing bunny slippers right now, clouds will no longer be fluffy by the year 2095.
You might think I’m kidding, but I’m not. Here’s a picture of my footwear. See? You can be cool and still save the Erf.
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