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Collapse of key Atlantic currents may be held off by newly-discovered back-up system, study finds

Key Atlantic Ocean currents that appear to be slowing down due to climate change may be more resilient to global warming than scientists previously thought — thanks to a secret back-up system, a new ...
Climate Compass on MSN

Why the Atlantic current collapse could happen sooner than expected

The Atlantic Ocean hides a massive conveyor belt beneath its surface. You probably know it by another name, the Gulf Stream.
CNN

A crucial system of ocean currents may be on course to collapse. This country just declared it a national security threat

Iceland’s relatively mild climate is shaped by a crucial network of currents that winds its away around the Atlantic Ocean transporting heat northward — without it, the island would be much icier and ...
Phys.org

News on atlantic-ocean-current

As the planet warms, it risks crossing catastrophic tipping points: thresholds where Earth systems, such as ice sheets and rainforests, change irreversibly over human lifetimes. Melting ice sheets in ...
The New York Times

Dodging Icebergs and Storms on the Hunt for an Ocean Tipping Point

Scientists fear warming is driving a collapse in the ocean currents that shape climate far and wide. The ice-choked waters off Greenland might hold the key. Scientists fear warming is driving a ...