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As the AMOC Goes…

It looks like the AMOC (Atlantic meridional overturning circulation) collapse is already well underway, and happening much, much sooner than expected.

This is a very recent (April 17, 2024) lecture by Stefan Rahmstorf (b. 1960), the eminent German oceanographer and climatologist, a Professor of Physics of the Oceans at Potsdam University. He gave this lecture on the occasion of his receiving the prestigious Alfred Wegener Medal — the most prestigious award of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) — in recognition of his many scientific achievements, particularly with regard to climate science.

This is all you need to know — the very latest — on the condition of the AMOC and its impacts, coming sooner than the models have long predicted. It is sobering, and well worth listening to these fresh new insights of one of the worlds leading climatologists:

IS THE ATLANTIC OVERTURNING CIRCULATION APPROACHING A TIPPING POINT?

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