The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact.

The tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades.

#climateChange#climateCatastrophe#climateEmergency#climateBreakdown#tippingPoint

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/collapse-critical-atlantic-current-amoc-no-longer-low-likelihood-study

The collapse of a critical Atlantic current can no longer be considered a low-likelihood event, a study has concluded, making deep cuts to fossil fuel emissions even more urgent to avoid the catastrophic impact.

The tipping point that makes an Amoc shutdown inevitable is likely to be passed within a few decades.

#climateChange#climateCatastrophe#climateEmergency#climateBreakdown#tippingPoint

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/28/collapse-critical-atlantic-current-amoc-no-longer-low-likelihood-study

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1/3🧵: This is how #protest movements reach a #tippingpoint 🥲. #Edinburgh #university, a #uni that was named in the #UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's report about #Gaza #genocide enablers, saw its PhD #students walk out en masse from their own #graduation ceremony on Friday. Hear those who think they are the majority shout "shut up" until they come to realise the majority is loudly, clearly and beautifully supporting #Palestine and #divestment.
https://www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/7nhe6nfect3a9djkczclnakgp6m9zc

Video showing dozens and dozens of students leaving the graduation hall at Edinburgh uni
Video showing dozens and dozens of students leaving the graduation hall at Edinburgh uni

1/3🧵: This is how #protest movements reach a #tippingpoint 🥲. #Edinburgh #university, a #uni that was named in the #UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese's report about #Gaza #genocide enablers, saw its PhD #students walk out en masse from their own #graduation ceremony on Friday. Hear those who think they are the majority shout "shut up" until they come to realise the majority is loudly, clearly and beautifully supporting #Palestine and #divestment.
https://www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/7nhe6nfect3a9djkczclnakgp6m9zc

Video showing dozens and dozens of students leaving the graduation hall at Edinburgh uni
Video showing dozens and dozens of students leaving the graduation hall at Edinburgh uni

Fascinating and important for our future: the European Space Agency ESA plans to monitor changes in the Atlantic Ocean Circulation #AMOC from satellite with a new gravity mission.
That is important since the AMOC may be approaching a #tippingpoint.

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/New_ESA_gravity_mission_to_detect_weakening_ocean_conveyor

Fascinating and important for our future: the European Space Agency ESA plans to monitor changes in the Atlantic Ocean Circulation #AMOC from satellite with a new gravity mission.
That is important since the AMOC may be approaching a #tippingpoint.

https://www.esa.int/Applications/Observing_the_Earth/FutureEO/New_ESA_gravity_mission_to_detect_weakening_ocean_conveyor

Børge
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New research shows Earth’s energy imbalance has more than doubled in the past 20 years, from 0.6 to 1.3 watts per square metre. That means heat is accumulating twice as fast as before. And it’s worse than most climate models predicted.

#climateChange#climateCatastrophe#climateEmergency#climateBreakdown#tippingPoint

https://theconversation.com/earth-is-trapping-much-more-heat-than-climate-models-forecast-and-the-rate-has-doubled-in-20-years-258822

New research shows Earth’s energy imbalance has more than doubled in the past 20 years, from 0.6 to 1.3 watts per square metre. That means heat is accumulating twice as fast as before. And it’s worse than most climate models predicted.

#climateChange#climateCatastrophe#climateEmergency#climateBreakdown#tippingPoint

https://theconversation.com/earth-is-trapping-much-more-heat-than-climate-models-forecast-and-the-rate-has-doubled-in-20-years-258822