James Stewart

If it were just a case of averages, then somewhere like Germany might see a balance just because of where it's positioned. But weather is not a climate average. It's seasonal and highly variable. Within the average, you can get warm air from the south or cold polar air outbreaks from the north.

These contrasts will just be more pronounced if Scandinavia and Britain cool while Spain and Italy warm, for example. This will drive much greater variability in the weather, and that's bad for agriculture. It causes more storms. There'd be more major extreme weather events the kind we haven't seen before. You get the idea.

These contrasts will just be more pronounced if Scandinavia and Britain cool while Spain and Italy warm, for example. This will drive much greater variability in the weather, and that's bad for agriculture. It causes more storms. There'd be more major extreme weather events the kind we haven't seen before. You get the idea.

These contrasts will just be more pronounced if Scandinavia and Britain cool while Spain and Italy warm, for example. This will drive much greater variability in the weather, and that's bad for agriculture. It causes more storms. There'd be more major extreme weather events the kind we haven't seen before. You get the idea.

Continuing this trail of thought, some scientists have suggested an AMOC collapse may temporarily delay some of the issues the Amazon is currently facing, if coupled with the effects of global warming. In the initial phases of an AMOC slowdown, so greater rainfall and lower temperatures in the Amazon,

Continuing this trail of thought, some scientists have suggested an AMOC collapse may temporarily delay some of the issues the Amazon is currently facing, if coupled with the effects of global warming. In the initial phases of an AMOC slowdown, so greater rainfall and lower temperatures in the Amazon,

Continuing this trail of thought, some scientists have suggested an AMOC collapse may temporarily delay some of the issues the Amazon is currently facing, if coupled with the effects of global warming. In the initial phases of an AMOC slowdown, so greater rainfall and lower temperatures in the Amazon,

That could partially offset temperature-driven stresses that the rainforest vegetation experiences. This could delay the potential for the Amazon to transition into a savannah-like state. It's important to note this would only be a temporary amount of time and also depends on the relative timing between an AMOC collapse and global warming.

That could partially offset temperature-driven stresses that the rainforest vegetation experiences. This could delay the potential for the Amazon to transition into a savannah-like state. It's important to note this would only be a temporary amount of time and also depends on the relative timing between an AMOC collapse and global warming.

That could partially offset temperature-driven stresses that the rainforest vegetation experiences. This could delay the potential for the Amazon to transition into a savannah-like state. It's important to note this would only be a temporary amount of time and also depends on the relative timing between an AMOC collapse and global warming.

If global warming worsens past a particular threshold before an AMOC collapse, the rainforest could irreversibly enter a savannah-like state. Due to these fluctuations in the AMOC, the Amazon could shift its seasons, with the dry season becoming the wet and vice versa. A change that would severely impact the overall system.

If global warming worsens past a particular threshold before an AMOC collapse, the rainforest could irreversibly enter a savannah-like state. Due to these fluctuations in the AMOC, the Amazon could shift its seasons, with the dry season becoming the wet and vice versa. A change that would severely impact the overall system.

If global warming worsens past a particular threshold before an AMOC collapse, the rainforest could irreversibly enter a savannah-like state. Due to these fluctuations in the AMOC, the Amazon could shift its seasons, with the dry season becoming the wet and vice versa. A change that would severely impact the overall system.

The AMOC is clearly something we need to watch incredibly closely. But how do we actually do that? How do we keep track of changes in the AMOC to monitor how quickly or how far the slowing down is progressing? Scientists measure the AMOC using scientific instruments deployed in different latitudes across the North and South Atlantic Oceans.

The AMOC is clearly something we need to watch incredibly closely. But how do we actually do that? How do we keep track of changes in the AMOC to monitor how quickly or how far the slowing down is progressing? Scientists measure the AMOC using scientific instruments deployed in different latitudes across the North and South Atlantic Oceans.

The AMOC is clearly something we need to watch incredibly closely. But how do we actually do that? How do we keep track of changes in the AMOC to monitor how quickly or how far the slowing down is progressing? Scientists measure the AMOC using scientific instruments deployed in different latitudes across the North and South Atlantic Oceans.

The National Oceanography Centre, the NOC, is the UK lead of two international programmes in the North Atlantic, Rapid Climate Change and UK Overturning in the Sub-Polar North Atlantic. Both programmes deploy sensors attached to wires that are hundreds to thousands of metres deep. They're known in oceanography as moorings.

The National Oceanography Centre, the NOC, is the UK lead of two international programmes in the North Atlantic, Rapid Climate Change and UK Overturning in the Sub-Polar North Atlantic. Both programmes deploy sensors attached to wires that are hundreds to thousands of metres deep. They're known in oceanography as moorings.

The National Oceanography Centre, the NOC, is the UK lead of two international programmes in the North Atlantic, Rapid Climate Change and UK Overturning in the Sub-Polar North Atlantic. Both programmes deploy sensors attached to wires that are hundreds to thousands of metres deep. They're known in oceanography as moorings.

These instruments have special sensors attached to them, which measure things like ocean current speed, temperature, salinity and direction of the water crossing the arrays.