Some consider the lack of weakening of the currents between Atlantic and Nordic Seas an argument against an ongoing #AMOC weakening.
Here we show why the opposite is true: AMOC weakening causes a temporary increase in Nordic Seas overturning. 🌊
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-6172/
Some consider the lack of weakening of the currents between Atlantic and Nordic Seas an argument against an ongoing #AMOC weakening.
Here we show why the opposite is true: AMOC weakening causes a temporary increase in Nordic Seas overturning. 🌊
https://egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/2025/egusphere-2025-6172/
A recent study by Dutch colleagues shows that a shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries.
That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/experts-warn-ongoing-concern-atlantic-020000551.html
What would you prefer as your legacy: 3 meters sea-level rise or #AMOC shutdown?
For me the answer is neither. Let's get out of fossil fuels fast enough to minimise both of these very real risks.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504527-rapid-melt-from-antarctica-could-help-preserve-crucial-ocean-current/
What would you prefer as your legacy: 3 meters sea-level rise or #AMOC shutdown?
For me the answer is neither. Let's get out of fossil fuels fast enough to minimise both of these very real risks.
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504527-rapid-melt-from-antarctica-could-help-preserve-crucial-ocean-current/
A recent study by Dutch colleagues shows that a shutdown of the Atlantic overturning circulation #AMOC could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries.
That is a thus far underappreciated risk of climate change.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/experts-warn-ongoing-concern-atlantic-020000551.html
Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds.
That's an under-appreciated impact of an #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/collapse-of-key-atlantic-current-could-bring-extreme-drought-to-europe-for-hundreds-of-years-study-finds
Collapse of key Atlantic current could bring extreme drought to Europe for centuries, study finds.
That's an under-appreciated impact of an #AMOC shutdown, of particular concern given the recent results showing much higher likelihood of this. 1/2
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/collapse-of-key-atlantic-current-could-bring-extreme-drought-to-europe-for-hundreds-of-years-study-finds
A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02793-1
Iceland is right to consider this an existential threat.
https://www.dagens.com/news/iceland-declares-ocean-current-instability-a-national-security-risk
One of the reasons why an #AMOC shutdown “cannot be considered a low likelihood risk anymore” is this study:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/adfa3b
And if you want to know more what this is about, watch my short presentation here: https://youtu.be/ULJXqOZuY-8?si=uQOoLVEwet_7hxDY
A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02793-1
The potential collapse of the AMOC is shifting from theory to real climate risk. Iceland now treats it as a national security threat. For data and climate analytics, it’s a call to improve forecasting, scenario modeling, and risk intelligence. Climate is the ultimate data challenge.
#AMOC #Climate #Data #DataScience #Iceland #ClimateCollapse #GlobalWarming #forecasting
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/13/iceland-warns-slower-amoc-is-a-security-threat-to-the-nation/
The potential collapse of the AMOC is shifting from theory to real climate risk. Iceland now treats it as a national security threat. For data and climate analytics, it’s a call to improve forecasting, scenario modeling, and risk intelligence. Climate is the ultimate data challenge.
#AMOC #Climate #Data #DataScience #Iceland #ClimateCollapse #GlobalWarming #forecasting
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/11/13/iceland-warns-slower-amoc-is-a-security-threat-to-the-nation/
The government of Iceland now considers this a national security threat. https://www.arctictoday.com/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-in-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-collapse/
And the Foreign Intelligence Service of Germany together with other German institutions published a National Climate Risk Assessment this year.
Here is what it says about #AMOC tipping risk.
Not every country agrees with denying climate change ....
A crucial system of ocean ( AMOC ( Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ) ) currents may be on course to collapse.
Iceland just declared it a national security threat
#climatechange #climateaction #nationalsecurity #AMOC
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/15/climate/iceland-warming-current-amoc-collapse-threat
Not every country agrees with denying climate change ....
A crucial system of ocean ( AMOC ( Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation ) ) currents may be on course to collapse.
Iceland just declared it a national security threat
#climatechange #climateaction #nationalsecurity #AMOC
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/15/climate/iceland-warming-current-amoc-collapse-threat
" #Iceland deems possible #Atlantic current collapse a security risk"
If the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation #AMOC collapses, all of Northern #Europe is screwed. It won't happen soon, but it is a real possibility
All we have to do is take #ClimateChange seriously... oh, yeah. Fuck.
