We’re back to this now?
A crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It’s already supercharging sea level rise in the US.
Flooding on the US Northeast coast has risen significantly as a critical network of Atlantic Ocean currents weakens, according to a new study — an alarming glimpse into the future as some scientists warn the current system could be just decades from collapse.
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, known as the AMOC, works like a vast conveyor belt, transporting heat, salt and freshwater through the ocean and influencing climate, weather and sea levels around the planet.
Coastal flooding is caused by a cluster of factors, chief among them climate change-driven sea level rise, but the AMOC also plays a critical role in the Northeast, according to the study published Friday in the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Of course, sea rise is much lower than expected in the Northeast for a Holocene warm period, but, hey, don’t let facts get in the way of a good cult narrative.
Scientists used data from tide gauges — instruments which monitor sea level change — combined with complex ocean models to calculate how the AMOC has affected flooding in the region over the past decades.
In other words, they do not like what the gauges are telling them, not giving them the sea rise necessary (Boston is .97 feet per 100 years), so, they just added in their garbage models.
A strong AMOC is typically associated with dense deep water that flows along the western boundary of the North Atlantic. When the AMOC weakens, water becomes less dense, literally taking up more space and fueling sea level rise. A weaker AMOC also affects the flow of the Gulf Stream, causing water to flow back onto the coastal shelf and increasing sea level rise at the coast.
Well, now, the cult is really trying to doomsay. Of course, the computer models also said the the AMOC might have shut down in two years. That was back in 2023. They’ve also said that ocean currents are speeding up. And that we might not be doomed.
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