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The key Atlantic current is weakening much faster than previously predicted
A growing body of research suggests that climate change is causing the AMOC to slow, with worst-case scenarios suggesting the flow could stop altogether.
An important Atlantic Ocean current that regulates the planet's climate is weakening much faster than previously thought, according to a new study.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), including the Gulf Stream, stabilizes the climate in the Northern Hemisphere and beyond, Live Science writes.
However, a new climate model that takes into account the melting of fresh water from the Greenland ice sheet suggests that at current rates of global carbon dioxide emissions, the flow could weaken by a third over the next 15 years. Researchers have published their…
