Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas

"Prof Stefan Rahmstorf, at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said: “I now am increasingly worried that we may well pass that Amoc shutdown tipping point, where it becomes inevitable, in the middle of this century, which is quite close.” "

"Rahmstorf, who has studied the Amoc for 35 years, has said a collapse must be avoided “at all costs”. “I argued this when we thought the chance of an Amoc shutdown was maybe 5%, and even then we were saying that risk is too high, given the massive impacts. Now it looks like it’s more than 50%. The most dramatic and drastic climate changes we see in the last 100,000 years of Earth history have been when the Amoc switched to a different state.” " >>
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/critical-atlantic-current-significantly-more-likely-to-collapse-than-thought

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