Written by Multiple on Feb 26, 2021. Posted in Latest news
Atlantic ‘Conveyer Belt’ Shows No Sign Of Slowing, Scientists Find
day after tomorrowA 30-year reconstruction of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation shows no decline. It’s the very same scenario posed in the disaster movie “The Day After Tomorrow,†where a slowdown in the Gulf Stream turned North America into a frozen wasteland.
Abstract
A decline in Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) strength has been observed between 2004 and 2012 by the RAPID-MOCHA-WBTS (RAPID – Meridional Overturning Circulation and Heatflux Array – Western Boundary Time Series, hereafter RAPID array) with this weakened state of the AMOC persisting until 2017.
Climate model and paleo-oceanographic research suggest that the AMOC may have been declining for decades or even centuries before this; however direct observations are sparse prior to 2004, giving only “snapshots†of the overturning circulation.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/atlantic-conveyer-belt-shows-no-sign-of-slowing-scientists-find/
