Time for the four stage strategy:
Stage 1: Nothing’s going to happen.
Stage 2: Something may be going to happen but we should do nothing about it.
Stage 3: Maybe we should do something about it, but there’s nothing we can do.
Stage 4: Maybe there was something we could’ve done, but it’s too late now.
I reckon we’re about at stage 3 on this one. Still, at least us Europeans won’t have to put up with any more heatwaves.
I’ve been saying it’s imminent for a while now, because I’ve been seeing studies about this come out for years and it seems like every one revises the estimate to be earlier.
“In a study that has yet to undergo peer review…” tells you all you need to be concerned about for right now. AMOC is a very complex phenomenon and not easy at all to model. All conclusions should be properly vetted before becoming actual news.
But it’s amazing for clickwhoring. A lot of value.
The AMOC has been in a lot of trouble for years now. Ironically, it was the cleaning up of shipping cargo oil that may have put the final nail. We stopped using a fuel that emitted SO2 into the atmosphere, but that SO2 actually ended up as a sort of shielding from the full effects of the greenhouse effect happening elsewhere over the Atlantic. Without it, temperatures this year and last year absolutely soared
Oh definitely, there’s a lot of troubling outcomes and I’m glad the research is being done. I just think news reporting on unreviewed results is good for nothing other than fear mongering. And it’s not like that has been effective for other consequences of climate change. Giving people more reasons to ‘give up’ won’t help solve problems.
Nah… this is 2026! You can just say things now! Go back to the 90’s with your scientific integrity, party pooper.
I’m sure gizmodo has it covered
In my groundbreaking (yet to be peer reviewed) research, Ive found evidence of the Moon being 98% Gouda cheese. The remaining 2% is actually avocado toast
We need to blow up the moon so millenials can afford rent.
Who’s ready for AMOC collapse and >5°C el niños?! Its gonna be a wild ride!
Are we going to end up with North American monsoon season or the Great North American Desert? Or maybe both at the same time! I’m so excited for all the novelty the climate future holds.
No one is going to care: it’s more long term than climate change and much harder to conceptualize
Once we’ve stopped the drivers for the current, the water has the inertia to keep moving for a century or more. This not only won’t affect us, but won’t affect our children or grandchildren. People are really bad with such long time periods
Once we’ve stopped the drivers for the current, the water has the inertia to keep moving for a century or more.
You should stop listening to whoever told you this. It makes absolutely no sense.
This not only won’t affect us, but won’t affect our children or grandchildren
Bro, just look around.
Hey! I’ve seen this movie!
Two Days Before The Day After Tomorrow!
AKA Yesterday
(All my troubles seemed so far away…)
pst … it’s actually today.
What’s today but yesterday’s tomorrow, Mr. Squidward?
What if there is no tomorrow, there wasn’t one today?
Oh, right, apparently I can’t count to 2…
That makes more sense, because the troubles are right there.
Reducing emissions as swiftly as possible will be essential to prevent AMOC collapse and other catastrophic impacts of climate change.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/06/europe/russia-fuel-crisis-ukraine-drone-attacks-intl-vis
Almost every Russian region hit by fuel crisis, as Ukraine escalates drone attacks
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/middleeast/hormuz-tanker-iran-attack-intl-hnk
Iran strikes three vessels near Strait of Hormuz as Trump arrives at NATO summit
It’s ironic that our tendency for senseless violence may be the only thing that saves us from our tendency for ruinous unchecked greed and gluttony.
If everyone turned violent against the ruling billionaire epstein class it would certainly fix a LOT of problems.
Are you Hubert J. Farnsworth? Because you speak in his voice!
How hilarious would it be if humanity averted the very worst effects of climate change purely through dumb, hateful war? I’m very well aware we’re fucked as we’re likely headed towards the SSP3 to SSP7 projections, but maybe all these wars will escalate to the point that we avoid SSP7+
why stop at Russian oil refineries?
oh no! Capitalism!
I think it’s already too late. It’s already showing the same signs of collapse as the latest simulations, and in real life it’s showing these signs an order of magnitude faster than in the simulations (decades instead of centuries).
hold your farts. think of those poor private jets and private yachts!
Yep…
AMOC is extremely important because it spreads nutrients north and mixes cool water in the south, and its collapse will lead to extreme droughts in some areas, floods in others, extreme cold in others, and extreme heat in others, which will lead to agriculture collapse and food security issues, leading to more wars and migration, leading to even more wars, etc.
Next they’ll tell me that Antarctic sea ice is past the point of no return! Make up your minds climate nerds!
