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Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream is shifting north, which means an ocean current collapse is imminent
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
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naught101 lemmy.world naught101@lemmy.world
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Title is overblown. The actual journal article is much more reserved and frame this as "gulf stream shift may indicate AMOC collapse"

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ProbablyBaysean lemmy.ca ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca
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This appears to be a high quality article:

Scientists tried to quantify weakening ocean currents. They determined that the current is further north by 50km as confirmed by satillight imagry. A Model predicts that as the currents get weaker, it goes further north due to less tug from other southern currents. The model simulation gives slight movements in current (50 km at a time) across 400 years before a sudden jump far northward and 2 years before complete collapse. If it collapses then land climate in Europe will get far harsher (very hot to very cold in short period) which has agriculture and energy consumption impacts.

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