The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is like a huge heat pump, taking water from the tropics to the north, warming areas in Europe. But as climate change accelerates, AMOC is becoming less stable. It might even be headed to a shutdown.
    • eleitl@lemm.eeOPM
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      4 months ago

      Wired attempted for a human touch in the story. Nature they ain’t.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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      4 months ago

      You may not be exaggerating as much as you might think. It depends on whether you read the article.

      The title is clickbait; the article is about hour soon global warming will disrupt the currents in the Atlantic that essentially govern world weather patterns.

      Britain: another ice age? Yes, please!