A recent study highlights that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to remain stable despite severe climate change. Researchers argue that the forces from various ocean currents and winds will stabilize this crucial system, which plays a vital role in global climate regulation. This finding reassures scientists concerned about the potential collapse of AMOC, which would have dire impacts on local and regional climates. While doubts linger about the accuracy of climate models predicting AMOC behavior, researchers express confidence in their results, indicating a strong resilience of this ocean current system.
Unlikely isn't impossible, says Jonathan Baker, a co-author of the study and a climate scientist at the Met Office in Exeter, UK. But we have confidence in our results.
The combined forces of various ocean currents and winds would keep the system stable even under the most pessimistic climate scenarios, suggesting that the AMOC will survive at least until the end of the century.
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