AMOC collapse could alter Europe's climate 10 times faster than predicted, monitoring at risk
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Guardian staff reporter
Summary
The article warns that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) — a critical ocean current system regulating climate — could collapse 10 times faster than previously expected, drastically altering Europe's climate. It draws a sharp metaphor comparing inadequate monitoring of this threat to ignoring an asteroid heading for Earth. Despite spending €1 billion on asteroid monitoring (a near-zero risk), governments fail to fund sufficient monitoring of the far more imminent and likely AMOC collapse. The article argues that current monitoring efforts may be discontinued entirely, leaving Europe dangerously unprepared for a climate tipping point that could arrive much sooner than anticipated.
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· 3 pulledIn Europe, we spend €1bn to monitor space for asteroids, even if the actual risk of a civilisation-ending asteroid strike is close to zero.
But governments don't commit to spend a fraction of that amount to adequately monitor a threat that is more imminent, more likely, and located
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate.
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