Gulf Stream Collapse Risk

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Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation

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The real-life Day After Tomorrow: Gulf Stream is WEAKENING, study says

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Scientists at the Met Office warn that Earth 's system of ocean currents is 'weakening' The Gulf Stream is only a small part of a much wider system of currents, officially called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC.

It transports warm water near the ocean's surface northwards from the tropics up to the northern hemisphere, keeping Europe , the UK and the US east coast temperate.

Without it, northwest Europe ’s temperatures would be much cooler.

Scientists used 34 computer models to assess the AMOC ’s response to extreme changes in greenhouse gas concentrations and rising sea levels.

They found that AMOC would weaken, but is likely to withstand future global warming and won't collapse this century .

A weaker AMOC will bring less warm water northwards, and this will partly offset the warming effect of the greenhouse gases over western Europe .

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