Major Atlantic ocean current system might be approaching critical threshold
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), August 5, 2021
[www.sciencedaily.com]

Crucial System of Ocean Currents Is Faltering, Research Suggests
By Heather Murphy, New York Times, August 5, 2021,
[www.nytimes.com]

“A slowdown in the network, which influences weather far and wide,
could spell trouble. “We’re poking a beast,” one expert said. “But
we don’t really know the reaction we’ll cause.

A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate
change, study finds. By Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post, August 5, 2021
[www.washingtonpost.com]

Gulf Stream at risk of collapse as Earth warms, study warns
By Press Association 2021, Whitshire Tiems, August 5, 2021
[www.wiltshiretimes.co.uk]

The paper is:

Boers, N., 2021, Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of
the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation. Nature Climate Change,
11, pages 680–688.
[www.nature.com]

Yours,

Paul H.

"The past is never dead. It's not even past."
William Faulkner, Act 1, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun (1951)