Wolfgang Lucht on Nostr: My colleague @Rahmstorf, a pioneer and leading expert in the field, has written an ...
My colleague @Rahmstorf, a pioneer and leading expert in the field, has written an excellent explanation - I highly recommend it - on the new study published this evening on the breakdown (tipping) of the Atlantic ocean's circulation.
The findings are in line with previous work but make it much more certain. They're very scary.
"... northern Europe ... would suffer devastating impacts ... leading to a completely different climate within a decade or two" after tipping.
https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2024/02/new-study-suggests-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-amoc-is-on-tipping-course/
The findings are in line with previous work but make it much more certain. They're very scary.
"... northern Europe ... would suffer devastating impacts ... leading to a completely different climate within a decade or two" after tipping.
https://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2024/02/new-study-suggests-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-amoc-is-on-tipping-course/