Has the Atlantic AMOC system ALREADY started to collapse??

AMOC, or The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, has collapsed many times in Earth's geological history. But it's never happened while modern civilisations have existed - at least not until now anyway. We're already struggling to cope with 0.2 degrees Celsius of warming each decade, but an AMOC collapse could bring such catastrophic seasonal disruption that it would make recent extreme weather events look like a walk in the park! So, what's the plan??

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Research papers referenced in the video :

Ditlevsen July 2023
www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-39810-w

van Westen et al February 2024
www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/sciadv.adk1189

van Westen & Dijkstra July 2024
os.copernicus.org/articles/20/549/2024/

Smolders et al August 2024
arxiv.org/html/2406.11738v1

Stefan Rahmstorf - 'Is the AMOC approaching a tipping point?'
tos.org/oceanography/assets/docs/37-rahmstorf.pdf

New York Times discussion - Stefan Rahmstorf & Michael Oppenheimer
   • Michael Oppenheimer and Stefan Rahmst...  

Climate Central - sea level rise maps
www.climatecentral.org/

IPCC 6th Assessment Synthesis Report
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/

Open Letter from prominent climate scientists
en.vedur.is/media/ads_in_header/AMOC-letter_Final.…

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