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What the Gulf Stream means to you

Bernard_Fokke

Captain Fokke
Supporting Member
Good read.
Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” of the currents that researchers call the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The currents are already at their slowest point in at least 1,600 years, but the new analysis shows they may be nearing a shutdown.

Such an event would have catastrophic consequences around the world, severely disrupting the rains that billions of people depend on for food in India, South America, and West Africa; increasing storms and lowering temperatures in Europe; and pushing up the sea level in eastern North America. It would also further endanger the Amazon rainforest and Antarctic ice sheets.



 

bdtex

Administrator
Staff member
Good read.
Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points. The research found “an almost complete loss of stability over the last century” of the currents that researchers call the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC). The currents are already at their slowest point in at least 1,600 years, but the new analysis shows they may be nearing a shutdown.

Such an event would have catastrophic consequences around the world, severely disrupting the rains that billions of people depend on for food in India, South America, and West Africa; increasing storms and lowering temperatures in Europe; and pushing up the sea level in eastern North America. It would also further endanger the Amazon rainforest and Antarctic ice sheets.



Speaking of Gulf Stream, every year a hurricane doesn't plow straight into the Houston area is a bullet dodged for us. No way this place could be evacuated with all the freeway construction going on here. It's a mess.
 

Addy

Rebuild With Biden!
It was an interesting read... including some predictions.
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Not only are we now facing the prospect of losing crops, plants, animals, and marine life, the very food we need to survive, but also, insects, bees, and butterflies, the small but equally important species which pollinate flowers, fruit, and crops. Our home, the actual planet itself is in danger of dying. Human greed and neglect have brought the entire planet to its knees in just a short time, the actual collapse started around 60 years ago, in fact, just five years before Britain's record-breaking winter. We didn’t know it then ("NASA" did have an idea back then), "climate change" had arrived, “baby steps at first,” but, natural disasters, volcanic activity, major earthquakes, floods, droughts, extreme weather events along with other extreme anomalies suddenly started increasing, while soil, plants, animals, and microorganisms suddenly began decreasing. Very gradually, and very quietly our ecosystem here on Earth began to crumble, and now just 60 years later we as a people have an inevitable breakdown of the very life support system which is keeping nearly 8 billion people alive.
 
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