Tuesday, 24 April 2018

Collapse of the Atlantic Ocean heat transport might lead to hot European summers STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY

Climate change has impacted the Atlantic Ocean heat transfer system, which will likely bring dramatically fluctuating weather in summer and winter.
Image Credit: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Record-breaking cold ocean temperatures across the central North Atlantic in recent years suggest that the northward oceanic heat transport through the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has reached a long-term minimum and might be the weakest for at least 1,600 years. Most climate models project that the already observed slowdown will continue under global warming scenarios although a complete collapse appears unlikely - at least based on current models.
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/su-cot042418.php

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