Just found this article but have been aware from other sources of the huge challenges of changes to the AMOC and the warmer water has on the polar ice-caps. The very recent decision of Iceland to announce a climate emergency is a sign that awareness is on the rise but not nearly enough.
Oh! I love your posts! I feel like I just found substack heaven and now get to dive into numerous posts. I’m looking forward to these. I love reading this kind of work and yours is written so well. Thank you! 💙
This has been a concern for a while. Professor Hubert (HH) Lamb was the first to broach the subject in material I've read. He thought the sink point would be pushed further south.
The scary thing is, it takes 1,000 years for water to go around the conveyor cycle. So, failure at the Atlantic source would have a potential huge lag around the planet.
The failure of the Atlantic conveyor will have a catastrophic effect on the climate of Europe, which is warmed by the Gulf Stream. I read somewhere that temps could drop 4-5 degrees C if it disappeared.
Just found this article but have been aware from other sources of the huge challenges of changes to the AMOC and the warmer water has on the polar ice-caps. The very recent decision of Iceland to announce a climate emergency is a sign that awareness is on the rise but not nearly enough.
A really powerful article. Thank you for opening our eyes to the truth.
Thank you for telling what wally broecker was telling us 20 years ago. It is huge in implications which as you clearly state are happening right now.
Very important and very well written. Thank you!
Oh! I love your posts! I feel like I just found substack heaven and now get to dive into numerous posts. I’m looking forward to these. I love reading this kind of work and yours is written so well. Thank you! 💙
This has been a concern for a while. Professor Hubert (HH) Lamb was the first to broach the subject in material I've read. He thought the sink point would be pushed further south.
The scary thing is, it takes 1,000 years for water to go around the conveyor cycle. So, failure at the Atlantic source would have a potential huge lag around the planet.
The failure of the Atlantic conveyor will have a catastrophic effect on the climate of Europe, which is warmed by the Gulf Stream. I read somewhere that temps could drop 4-5 degrees C if it disappeared.