AMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents
Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2026 4:37 pmAMOC: Is global warming tipping key Atlantic ocean currents towards ‘collapse’?
Cecilia Keating profile, By Cecilia Keating - Design by Tom Prater and Kerry Cleaver
23 April 2026
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vast system of ocean currents that helps to distribute heat around the world.
By transporting warm water from the tropics northwards and cold water back southwards, the AMOC keeps Europe warm and plays a role in controlling global rainfall.
It connects into an even larger network of ocean currents that continuously moves water, nutrients and carbon around the world.
Now, the AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change, as warming seas, melting ice and increased rainfall upset the temperature and salt balance of the North Atlantic.
Scientists have warned that the ocean currents are slowing down – and could eventually become so frail that they no longer transport heat around the globe. . . . . "
[ https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/amo ... index.html ]
Cecilia Keating profile, By Cecilia Keating - Design by Tom Prater and Kerry Cleaver
23 April 2026
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a vast system of ocean currents that helps to distribute heat around the world.
By transporting warm water from the tropics northwards and cold water back southwards, the AMOC keeps Europe warm and plays a role in controlling global rainfall.
It connects into an even larger network of ocean currents that continuously moves water, nutrients and carbon around the world.
Now, the AMOC is under threat from human-caused climate change, as warming seas, melting ice and increased rainfall upset the temperature and salt balance of the North Atlantic.
Scientists have warned that the ocean currents are slowing down – and could eventually become so frail that they no longer transport heat around the globe. . . . . "
[ https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/amo ... index.html ]