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Radical Proposal To Dam The Bering Strait Could Save Vital AMOC Ocean Current From Collapse – Or Make It WorseThe Bering Strait from space. A hyperthetical dam would use the Diomede Islands in the middle to shift angles without being weakened

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Radical Proposal To Dam The Bering Strait Could Save Vital AMOC Ocean Current From Collapse – Or Make It WorseThe Bering Strait from space. A hyperthetical dam would use the Diomede Islands in the middle to shift angles without being weakened
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Radical Proposal To Dam The Bering Strait Could Save Vital AMOC Ocean Current From Collapse – Or Make It Worse

clock-iconApril 27, 2026

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AMOC’s Fragile Western Boundary Appears To Be Failing, Putting Western Europe's Climate Under ThreatThe northernmost part of the AMOC is strengthening, which some had seen as a positve sign overall, but a new approach reveals the more significant western edge is weakening

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AMOC’s Fragile Western Boundary Appears To Be Failing, Putting Western Europe's Climate Under ThreatThe northernmost part of the AMOC is strengthening, which some had seen as a positve sign overall, but a new approach reveals the more significant western edge is weakening
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AMOC’s Fragile Western Boundary Appears To Be Failing, Putting Western Europe's Climate Under Threat

clock-iconApril 20, 2026

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Key Atlantic Current System Collapse Could Trigger Huge Carbon Dioxide Release, Increasing Global Warming By 0.2 °Cvisual render of currents acros the atlantic. From the gulf of mexico hot currents goe to europe and southern african and cold currents go from one pole to the other

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Key Atlantic Current System Collapse Could Trigger Huge Carbon Dioxide Release, Increasing Global Warming By 0.2 °Cvisual render of currents acros the atlantic. From the gulf of mexico hot currents goe to europe and southern african and cold currents go from one pole to the other
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Key Atlantic Current System Collapse Could Trigger Huge Carbon Dioxide Release, Increasing Global Warming By 0.2 °C

clock-iconApril 14, 2026

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The 4.2-Kiloyear Event May Have Helped Cause The Collapse Of The Egyptian Old Kingdom And The Indus Valley CivilizationAncient temples in Luxor, Egypt, at sunset.

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The 4.2-Kiloyear Event May Have Helped Cause The Collapse Of The Egyptian Old Kingdom And The Indus Valley CivilizationAncient temples in Luxor, Egypt, at sunset.
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The 4.2-Kiloyear Event May Have Helped Cause The Collapse Of The Egyptian Old Kingdom And The Indus Valley Civilization

clock-iconApril 9, 2026

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The Atlantic's Major Circulation Current Is Showing Worrying Signs, But Is Collapse Near?Globe of Earth showing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)

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The Atlantic's Major Circulation Current Is Showing Worrying Signs, But Is Collapse Near?Globe of Earth showing the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
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The Atlantic's Major Circulation Current Is Showing Worrying Signs, But Is Collapse Near?

clock-iconJuly 3, 2025
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Jet Streams Vs The Gulf Stream: What's The Big Difference?A visualization of the Northern Hemisphere's polar jet stream moving air from west to east across North America.

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Jet Streams Vs The Gulf Stream: What's The Big Difference?A visualization of the Northern Hemisphere's polar jet stream moving air from west to east across North America.
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Jet Streams Vs The Gulf Stream: What's The Big Difference?

clock-iconFebruary 4, 2025
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Ice Melting Could Slow Vital Ocean Current - Which Could Slightly Slow MeltingThe currents of the North Atlantic, which are threatened by increased icemelt from the lands around.

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Ice Melting Could Slow Vital Ocean Current - Which Could Slightly Slow MeltingThe currents of the North Atlantic, which are threatened by increased icemelt from the lands around.
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Ice Melting Could Slow Vital Ocean Current - Which Could Slightly Slow Melting

clock-iconOctober 28, 2024
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Climate Scientists Call For Urgent Action Before "Catastrophic" Collapse Of The AMOCGraphic of the AMOC.

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Climate Scientists Call For Urgent Action Before "Catastrophic" Collapse Of The AMOCGraphic of the AMOC.
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Climate Scientists Call For Urgent Action Before "Catastrophic" Collapse Of The AMOC

clock-iconOctober 24, 2024
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Climate Tipping Points Are Coming, But We Lack The Capacity To Tell WhenAerial photograph of a melting iceberg in Ilulissat, Greenland

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Climate Tipping Points Are Coming, But We Lack The Capacity To Tell WhenAerial photograph of a melting iceberg in Ilulissat, Greenland
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Climate Tipping Points Are Coming, But We Lack The Capacity To Tell When

clock-iconAugust 5, 2024
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The Atlantic's Major Circulation Current Is En-Route To Collapse, Says New StudyMap of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), part of this complex system of global ocean currents that circulates cool subsurface water and warm surface water throughout the world

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The Atlantic's Major Circulation Current Is En-Route To Collapse, Says New StudyMap of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), part of this complex system of global ocean currents that circulates cool subsurface water and warm surface water throughout the world
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The Atlantic's Major Circulation Current Is En-Route To Collapse, Says New Study

clock-iconFebruary 9, 2024
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Is The Gulf Stream Really Going To Collapse In Just A Few Years?A NASA animation of The Gulf Stream carrying warm water from the eastern coastline of the US to regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Is The Gulf Stream Really Going To Collapse In Just A Few Years?A NASA animation of The Gulf Stream carrying warm water from the eastern coastline of the US to regions of the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Is The Gulf Stream Really Going To Collapse In Just A Few Years?

clock-iconAugust 3, 2023
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Atlantic Ocean Current May Face Collapse In Just Decades, Maybe YearsA diagram of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) transportign warm water from the tropics

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Atlantic Ocean Current May Face Collapse In Just Decades, Maybe YearsA diagram of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) transportign warm water from the tropics
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Atlantic Ocean Current May Face Collapse In Just Decades, Maybe Years

clock-iconJuly 25, 2023
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Major Atlantic Ocean Current System May Be Close To Collapse, New Study Indicatesarticle image

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Major Atlantic Ocean Current System May Be Close To Collapse, New Study Indicatesarticle image
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Major Atlantic Ocean Current System May Be Close To Collapse, New Study Indicates

clock-iconAugust 6, 2021
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Climate Change Is Slowing Down The Atlantic Ocean’s Current, Two Studies Suggestarticle image

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Climate Change Is Slowing Down The Atlantic Ocean’s Current, Two Studies Suggestarticle image
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Climate Change Is Slowing Down The Atlantic Ocean’s Current, Two Studies Suggest

clock-iconApril 12, 2018