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How to think about the impact of Atlantic meridional overturning circulation #AMOC possibly shutting down due to #ClimateChange.
(An oversimplification.)
Here in Northeast USA we think of Northern Europe as our lateral equivalents.
Not true.
Draw a line out from the latitude of New York City, what do you hit?
Portugal.
Northern Europe is counterintuitively (for Americans) over from *Northern* Canada. Great Britain lines up with Labrador, North of Newfoundland. Pretty far North and... so why isn't Great Britain cold like Labrador?
That's due to the AMOC.
Think of it (vast oversimplification) as a gyre of water turning the Atlantic in a big circle. The current shoves warm water far North along Europe's Atlantic coastline. And reciprocally, it pushes cold water down to New England.
It also explains why Britain is famously foggy and rainy.
So what's going to happen if the AMOC shuts down?
Northwest Europe will freeze, and New England will cook.
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2023-08-30 13:34:24
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