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      Study Warns Climate-Driven Collapse of Critical Ocean Current System 'Much Closer Than We Thought'

      "It is very plausible that we've fallen off a cliff already and don't know it," said one researcher.

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 25, 2023

      The system of Atlantic Ocean currents that drive warm water from the tropics toward Europe is at risk of collapsing in the coming decades, an analysis of 150 years of temperature data published Tuesday concluded.

      The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which includes the Gulf Stream, "is a major tipping element in the climate system and a future collapse would have severe impacts on the climate in the North Atlantic region," states the study, which was published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.

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