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First strong direct observational evidence that AMOC has already been weakening for the past 20 years. The bad news keeps coming. Need I add that we should reduce emissions asap?
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Today I feel afraid. Two AMOC papers published in the last week have, in my mind, crossed a threshold I wasn't sure we would cross this decade. Xing et al. (Science Advances, 8 April) used four… | Páll Gunnarsson | 15 comments
Today I feel afraid. Two AMOC papers published in the last week have, in my mind, crossed a threshold I wasn't sure we would cross this decade. Xing et al. (Science Advances, 8 April) used four independent mooring arrays in the North Atlantic to show a consistent decline in western boundary overturning over the past two decades. This is the first strong direct observational evidence of AMOC weakening beyond natural variability — not inferred from fingerprints or proxies, but measured. Port…