r/ROI • u/kirkbadaz 🌍ecostalinist • Jul 26 '23

🧸Even when it was the bears I knew it was them Gulf stream could collapse for first time in 12,000 years as early as 2025, study suggests

https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/climate-crisis/2023/07/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=discover&utm_campaign=CCwqGQgwKhAIACoHCAowqfqFCzD7v4MDMIqpgwIwr6mxAg&utm_content=bullets

Good news!

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u/niart Jul 26 '23

They're all reporting that it's the Gulf Stream when it's actually the AMOC, there's a thread on twitter about it:

https://nitter.net/GlobalEcoGuy/status/1683956647990030337

The Gulf Stream is going to continue as long as the wind blows and the Earth rotates.

You mean the much smaller circulation down below, called the AMOC, which is being actively analyzed and observed.

p.s. Of course the AMOC is a big deal for climate, especially in key parts of the North Atlantic.

But it's simply not responsible for transporting nearly as much water, or (more importantly) heat, in the Earth System as the Gulf Stream -- which is not in danger of collapsing.

Still horrifyingly bad, especially with that 5 sigma events in both the Antartic and Artic seas

https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-alarmed-as-sea-surface-temperatures-hit-uncharted-territory

For reference, 5 sigmas from the norm is meant to happen something like 7.5 million years in the future, instead of, like y'know, now

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u/kirkbadaz 🌍ecostalinist Jul 26 '23

There's a curse. They say: May you live in interesting times.

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u/Ok-District4260 Jul 27 '23

why would the Russians do this?

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u/[deleted] Jul 26 '23

how does this affect Lebron's legacy

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u/ConorKostick ❤️‍🖤 Jul 26 '23

Without that warm current we’d have an Alaskan climate.

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u/kirkbadaz 🌍ecostalinist Jul 26 '23

As God intended

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u/Captainirishy Jul 26 '23

We would have the same climate as newfoundland, it can go as low as - 35c during winter .