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AMOC Stable for 60 Years, But Collapse Looms by 2030s

1/18/2025

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Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have revealed that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has remained stable over the past 60 years. Yet, alarming predictions loom, warning of a possible collapse by the 2030s, threatening to disrupt global temperatures and wreak havoc on climate patterns in Europe and the Amazon rainforest.

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Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have revealed that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has remained stable over the past 60 years. Yet, alarming predictions loom, warning of a possible collapse by the 2030s, threatening to disrupt global temperatures and wreak havoc on climate patterns in Europe and the Amazon rainforest.