James Stewart

Perhaps that's one of the big problems with a force you can't see or measure. because the truth is there have been indications that the AMOC has been slowing down for the last 60 or 70 years, as our planet has warmed. And some scientists have gone a step further, suggesting the AMOC has declined by at least 15% since 1950, and is in its weakest state in more than a millennium. The big clue?

A big cold blob that's appeared over the Northern Atlantic. Bizarrely, this region is the only place in the world that has cooled in the past 20 years or so, while everywhere else on the planet has warmed. Any guesses as to why that might be? Yeah, it's the AMOC slowing down. One of the AMOC's main jobs is to shift heat around. It's one of our planet's largest heat transport systems.

A big cold blob that's appeared over the Northern Atlantic. Bizarrely, this region is the only place in the world that has cooled in the past 20 years or so, while everywhere else on the planet has warmed. Any guesses as to why that might be? Yeah, it's the AMOC slowing down. One of the AMOC's main jobs is to shift heat around. It's one of our planet's largest heat transport systems.

A big cold blob that's appeared over the Northern Atlantic. Bizarrely, this region is the only place in the world that has cooled in the past 20 years or so, while everywhere else on the planet has warmed. Any guesses as to why that might be? Yeah, it's the AMOC slowing down. One of the AMOC's main jobs is to shift heat around. It's one of our planet's largest heat transport systems.

It's moving the equivalent of 50 times the amount of energy humanity uses. The same amount of energy that flows through one million power stations all at once. So when it slows down, this region gets colder.

It's moving the equivalent of 50 times the amount of energy humanity uses. The same amount of energy that flows through one million power stations all at once. So when it slows down, this region gets colder.

It's moving the equivalent of 50 times the amount of energy humanity uses. The same amount of energy that flows through one million power stations all at once. So when it slows down, this region gets colder.

Since 2021, the general thinking in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, was that the probability of crossing the tipping point for a collapse this century was less than 10%, with medium confidence.

Since 2021, the general thinking in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, was that the probability of crossing the tipping point for a collapse this century was less than 10%, with medium confidence.

Since 2021, the general thinking in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, was that the probability of crossing the tipping point for a collapse this century was less than 10%, with medium confidence.

But as recently as October 2024, 44 climate scientists from 15 countries sent an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers, suggesting the risk of the AMOC collapsing has so far been greatly underestimated and is higher than previously thought.

But as recently as October 2024, 44 climate scientists from 15 countries sent an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers, suggesting the risk of the AMOC collapsing has so far been greatly underestimated and is higher than previously thought.

But as recently as October 2024, 44 climate scientists from 15 countries sent an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers, suggesting the risk of the AMOC collapsing has so far been greatly underestimated and is higher than previously thought.

A new study published in Nature Communications used sea surface temperature data stretching back to 1870 as a way of assessing the change in strength of AMOC currents over time, ultimately estimating it could collapse between 2025 and 2095. So which paper is correct? I decided it was about time we found the answers.

A new study published in Nature Communications used sea surface temperature data stretching back to 1870 as a way of assessing the change in strength of AMOC currents over time, ultimately estimating it could collapse between 2025 and 2095. So which paper is correct? I decided it was about time we found the answers.

A new study published in Nature Communications used sea surface temperature data stretching back to 1870 as a way of assessing the change in strength of AMOC currents over time, ultimately estimating it could collapse between 2025 and 2095. So which paper is correct? I decided it was about time we found the answers.

So let's dive into the AMOC, what it is, how it works, previous ice ages, how it's evolved, what happens if it collapses, and perhaps most importantly, when or if it will collapse. I suppose a good place to start when you're trying to work out why something isn't working is to understand what it is in the first place.

So let's dive into the AMOC, what it is, how it works, previous ice ages, how it's evolved, what happens if it collapses, and perhaps most importantly, when or if it will collapse. I suppose a good place to start when you're trying to work out why something isn't working is to understand what it is in the first place.

So let's dive into the AMOC, what it is, how it works, previous ice ages, how it's evolved, what happens if it collapses, and perhaps most importantly, when or if it will collapse. I suppose a good place to start when you're trying to work out why something isn't working is to understand what it is in the first place.

What does this mysterious invisible beast that could bring down life as we know it actually do? It's easy to forget that we are all connected by one enormous interconnected body of water. And the AMOC helps make sure our oceans remain as one, like a sort of giant mixing bowl. It moves water, heat, nutrients, dissolved gases and microscopic life around Earth through ocean currents.