Research: the Gulf Stream could cause irreversible collapse on the planet

The Atlantic Meridional Reversible Circulation (AMOC), which includes the Gulf Stream and is responsible for

softening of a significant part of the world climate,has undergone “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century,” notes a report from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany. They showed that the current has become the weakest in the last thousand years and this trend may increase even more.

Such a gap would have a catastrophic impacton global weather systems, leading to rising sea levels in the Atlantic, more cooling and more powerful storms in the Northern Hemisphere, and severe rainfall-related disruptions. According to the UK Met Office, this could lead to crop failures in Africa, South America and India.

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The authors of the study believe that this transition may occur after the system of ocean currents goes beyond the critical tipping point.

“The results obtained confirm thata decrease in AIOC is not just a fluctuation or a linear response to an increase in temperature, but most likely means approaching a critical threshold beyond which the circulation system can collapse, "- said in a statement the report's author Niklas Burs, a researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research ...

Data obtained as a result of the analysisAtlantic ice cores and other geological records show that AIOC can exist in two stable states: stronger and faster. However, such a sharp decrease in the current will entail changes in the climate of the planet.

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