Scientists are warning a large system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics into the North Atlantic could collapse by 2025.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of ocean currents that circulates water in the Atlantic, flowing warm water north and cold water south.
The (AMOC) is crucial in keeping the world’s oceans balanced. The circulation brings warmth to colder areas and circulates nutrients integral to ocean life.
In 2021, the Columbia Climate School explained that AMOC was at its weakest state in 1,000 years.
More importantly, the AMOC is considered one of several key climates: “tipping points” in which small changes lead to major, irreversible effects.
Six of the nine tipping points have already are in play.
Their research analyzed North Atlantic sea surface temperatures from 1870 to 2020. By using advanced statistical tools, the researchers found signs that the AMOC may not be far from a transition that would see it shut down.
The collapse of the (AMOC) would trigger multiple climate tipping points, many of which could be irreversible. At the moment, the current circulates warm waters from the Gulf Stream to Europe.
If it collapsed, this would also stop and plunge parts of the continent into an intense freeze. The (AMOC) is also integral in maintaining sea levels, which are rapidly increasing due to global climate change.
This is because the flow of warm water to the north helps offset the increase in temperatures, which exacerbates changing sea levels. This means its collapse would also cause a rapid sea level rise, including on the East Coast of the U.S.
The (AMOC) is driven by dense, salty seawater sinking into the Arctic Ocean, but the melting of freshwater from Greenland’s ice sheet is slowing the process down. The currents are already at their slowest and may be nearing a shutdown.
If the Gulf Stream ever stops, it would have catastrophic consequences worldwide, severely disrupting the rains that billions of people depend on for food in India, South America, and West Africa.
Increasing storms, lowering temperatures in Europe, and pushing up the sea level off eastern North America. It would also further endanger the Amazon rainforest and Antarctic ice sheets.
Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and diseases; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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