Posted on 04/22/2026 7:30:24 PM PDT by Libloather
The state of “current” affairs is not good.
An Atlantic current that’s key for maintaining the climate could collapse sooner than we thought, potentially bringing about a global weather apocalypse, per an alarming study in the journal Science Advances.
“This is a key result with implications for the future climate of the Atlantic and beyond,” the international team of researchers wrote in the paper.
The at-risk current in question is the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, a “conveyor belt of the ocean” that circulates warm water toward the ocean surface from the tropics to the Northern Hemisphere.
This oceanic artery, which includes the Gulf Stream that runs from the Gulf of Mexico to the East Coast and across the Atlantic to Europe, helps maintain the mild climate of Europe, the UK and the East Coast. It also helps sustain marine life.
According to the study, the AMOC will slow between 43% and 59% by 2100, marking a 60% greater weakening than past projections estimated.
If this is true, the Earth’s eco-librium could be past the point of “no return,” the authors wrote.
A total collapse would reportedly spell disaster. It would persist for hundreds or even thousands of years and potentially cause sea levels to rise across North America, Livescience reported.
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God controls the currents. They will exist and flow or not flow as He determines.
As with climate change, there is NOTHING puny hu-mans can do about it.
God is in control.
By 2100 no one will remember the predictions or the individuals who made them.
They say the Atlantic Meridonal includes the Gulf Stream that runs from the Gulf of Mexico.
Well there’s the problem. There’s no Gulf of Mexico anymore.
Only the polar bears know...
Yup.
Glacial Maximum during the last Ice Age was in the 22,000 to 25,000 years ago range. Seattle was under at least one half a mile of ice during the same period.
Also, there have been several extended warm periods in the last 15,000 years when global temperature has been higher than it is today.
There are also two major studies about the North Atlantic current that directly contradict the study that is discussed in this post.
A couple days ago, a Seattle Times environment reporter claimed - on a front page story - that human generated CO2 and warmer temperatures have extended the Seattle pollen season and hay fever season by 40 days!
Front Page!
2100 is way beyond my us by date so I’m not overly concerned.
According to the study, the AMOC will slow between 43% and 59% by 2100,
So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 2099!
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