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Warning of a forthcoming collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation - Nature Communications (www.nature.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The mean of the bootstrapped estimates of the tipping time is 〈tc〉 = 2050, and the 95% confidence interval is 2025–2095.

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Even with these reservations, this is indeed a worrisome result, which should call for fast and effective measures to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in order to avoid the steady change of the control parameter toward the collapse of the AMOC (i.e., reduce temperature increase and freshwater input through ice melting into the North Atlantic region). As a collapse of the AMOC has strong societal implications, it is important to monitor the flow and EWS [early warning signs] from direct measurements.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Best get the big coat out and on standby.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's the spirit!