Finally, the Netherlands is seriously looking into the effects of a possible weakening/collapse of the Atlantic Ocean heat circulation. This could mean significantly colder winters for the Netherlands.
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/collectie/13871/artikel/2564907-nieuw-klimaatscenario-baart-onderzoekers-zorgen-juist-kouder-nederland
#ClimateChange #amoc #atlantic #extremeweather

#FYI #StefanRahmstorf #AMOC #AMOCshutdown

Professor Stefan Rahmstorf on

- What the AMOC is and why it is being ignored
- The impacts of a changing AMOC for both the environment and humanity
- What can be done to prevent this change
- Who needs to take action"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKbzpl6A44

#AMOC: The Atlantic’s Hidden Tipping Point - that is the topic of a short explainer video which I did for the Climate Crisis Advisory Group, with Tori Tsui.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YKbzpl6A44

#FYI #ClimateChat #DanMiller #DouglasMacMartin #solargeoengineering #geoengineering #amoc

(My two cents: As long as we keep igniting carbon bombs in exponential manner, no amount of geoengineering will be able to mitigate the effects.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPnTQIXZnDc

New summary by @rahmstorf

Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a #TippingPoint?

"But the fact that all these studies, using different methods, point in the same direction, toward a risk that is much larger and earlier than we had thought until a few years ago, is a major concern. My assessment of these ... studies is that by the time they can provide a reasonably reliable warning of an impending #AMOC tipping, it will be too late to prevent it."
#climate
https://tos.org/oceanography/article/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-point

Between the last glacial maximum & today, humans were exposed to severely rising sea levels & recurrent phases of strong abrupt cooling events. #MPIM researchers have uncovered the origin of these strong temperature fluctuations over the past 20,000 years using a novel coupled climate-ice sheet model. They found that #iceberg armadas & changed river courses were responsible for #AMOC weakening & abrupt cooling.
https://mpimet.mpg.de/en/communication/detail-view-news-homepage/new-climate-model-reveals-the-triggers-of-abrupt-climatic-changes-in-the-past-20000-years
CC BY 3.0 Ziemen et al. 2025 https://doi.org/10.5446/69659

Im aktuellen CEN Newsletter geht es darum, wie KI für bessere Sturmflut-Prognosen sorgt, welchen Preis eine Abschwächung der AMOC hätte und wie Tiden die CO2-Speicherung in den Meeren beeinflussen. Jetzt abonnieren und nie wieder etwas verpassen: https://www.cen.uni-hamburg.de/press/newsletter.html

Good AFP fact check on false claims by notorious climate misinformer Anthony Watts about the risk of a major weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, known as #AMOC.
It is laudible that AFP makes the effort to sort science from lobbyist distortions!
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.36Z27BV

Schwächere Meeresströmung = Billionenkosten? Eine #AMOC-Abschwächung senkt die #CO₂-Aufnahme des Ozeans, verstärkt die #Erderwärmung & treibt Kosten in die Höhe - das fanden die Forscher @felixschaumann & @Edu_Alastrue in ihrer neuen Studie heraus. In diesem short Wissen-Was-Video fasst Carolin Riethmüller das Wichtigste für Euch zusammen (2:45 min) (@MPI_Meteo https://youtu.be/BoNA-C7fFoI?feature=shared

Neue Studie der Universität Hamburg und des Max-Planck-Instituts für Meteorologie: Schwächere Atlantikströmung #AMOC könnte Billionen kosten

https://www.uni-hamburg.de/newsroom/forschung/2025/0225-amoc.html

#FYI #PaulBeckwith video lecture and literature review #AMOC #AmocShutdown

"- wind driven flow of water in the Southern Hemisphere would keep the AMOC flow slightly above zero
- havoc would still be wreaked on the Earth
- this new paper is not in disagreement with previous work, but adds to our understanding of the AMOC"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8rj117OvAI

#talkcollapse:

"A total #AMOC collapse is unlikely this century. But even weakened currents would cause profound harm to humanity. 'In the short term, it doesn’t really matter if we have a strong weakening, say 80%, or a collapse.'"

But at least the headline is unrealistically encouraging :)
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/26/total-collapse-of-vital-atlantic-currents-unlikely-this-century-study-finds

#FYI #PBSTerra #Weathered #AMOC #GulfStream

AMOC slowing, tipping point, collapse and the effects explained

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LrDz63Br04

A major motor for the global #climate is beginning to falter: a massive system of #ocean currents called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (#AMOC).

A weaker AMOC could produce long-term costs amounting to several trillion euros by the year 2100.

Weakening AMOC would further accelerate climate change because less CO₂ is transported from the surface ocean to the deep ocean. More CO₂ remains in the #atmosphere, which accelerates global warming.

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-term-global-weaker-ocean-circulation.html

Das ist heute vor 30 Jahren erschienen!
Interessante, wie damals der Forschungsstand war! Das von mir geforderte Beobachtungssystem der #AMOC gibt es seit 2004: das RAPID Projekt. Der Trend der AMOC zeigt bergabwärts.