The Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is a system of currents in the Atlantic Ocean, characterized by a northward flow of warm, salty water in the upper layers of the Atlantic, including the Gulf Stream, and a southward flow of colder, deep waters that are part of the Thermohaline circulation. The AMOC is an important component of the Earth’s climate system.
Some autists are claiming that current climate models do not accurately model AMOC. They argue that large scale injections of freshwater (for instance, melting of greenland's ice sheets) may force a corrupt collapse of AMOC.
Are they right? What are the implications if AMOC collapses?
>inb4 /pol/ if you fucks shit up this thread you're all getting free helicopter rides
An understandable response. Obviously climate modeling would seem like black magic to someone that struggled in their college algebra course
Eli Long
In my train of thought, Greenland melting wouldn't do much. Greenland melting in a year, would be like trying to stop the Jetstream with all our nukes. You might stop it for a while, but the thermocline forces (sun heating at the equator, cooler water at the poles) that created the AMOC initially would restart it eventually, salt levels be damned.
As for what happens if/when it shuts down, we'll the north gets cold, the Caribbean gets hot.
Brandon Richardson
>Are they right? They have seventeen thousand different models to ensure that, texas sharpshooter style, they will always be right. So yes, they are right.
>what are the implications Europe is going to fucking freeze dude. Global warming is gonna get so hot that europe is going to freeze, don't you listen to the climate scientists. 99% of them agree on this.
Benjamin Thompson
>Obviously climate modeling would seem like black magic to someone that struggled in their college algebra course What do you mean?
Brody Stewart
If english is not your stronghold, then maybe this board is not for you.
Aaron Reed
>An Actual Debate Lrn2debate fgt pls
Sebastian Martinez
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Isaiah Garcia
There's a reason it's called "climate change" you fucking sperg. Because while the global average temperature will rise, there will be local exceptions and variations.
