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August 6, 2021

Study Warns Atlantic Ocean Current Could Collapse, with Devastating Impact on Climate
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A new study in the journal Nature finds human activity could soon cause
a crucial Atlantic Ocean current system to collapse, with devastating
impacts on the global climate system. Researchers found the ocean
currents that carry warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic
have already been destabilized by the climate crisis. A complete
collapse would dramatically change rainfall patterns around the globe,
lower temperatures in parts of Europe while raising them elsewhere, and
would dramatically raise sea levels in the eastern United States.


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