Are you ready for real disaster news? If the warming currents in the North Atlantic weaken or collapse, Ireland, England, & North Europe become stormy and cold, even as the world warms. Forests and agriculture around the world suffer. A collapse of the ocean system known as AMOC has happened before. A new study suggests that destabilization could come again soon, even in this decade. Hear it straight from author Suzanne Ditlevsen, followed by analysis, including by Stefan Rahmstorf.
Interview and research by Alex Smith
Clip from BBC 230723 with Stefan Rahmsdorf
Stefan Rahmsdorf at Exeter, November 2022
Music credit: "Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)" - Guy Lombardo (Canadian 1950)
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