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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf

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One of the most ominous risks for Europe is that of a major change in Atlantic ocean currents. Recent science suggests it has been greatly underestimated in the past -including by me, having worked on it for over 30 years. Here my half-hour presentation in Vilnius last week!
youtu.be/ZHNNW8c_FaA?...

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(eigentlich nur) Stilles Mitlesy's avatar (eigentlich nur) Stilles Mitlesy @stillesmitlesy.bsky.social
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Nigel Goldenfeld's avatar Nigel Goldenfeld @nigelgoldenfeld.bsky.social
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Are you able to summarize briefly the new results please, and how the risk of this "tipping point" was wrongly estimated previously? Or link to a new paper? Thank you.

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Bill Stewart's avatar Bill Stewart @billstewart.bsky.social
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For a fictional treatment of the issue, Kim Stanley Robinson's "Forty Signs of Rain" trilogy does a good job (and sadly, since it was before the 2008 financial crash, he has the reinsurance business pay for a lot of the mitigation work because it's cheaper for them than having to pay insurers.)

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QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute's avatar QuetzalcoatlusWellnessInstitute @8t3v3n.bsky.social
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Is it ever modelled what happens to the AMOC when Greenland runs out of ice in millenia? Would it crank up again after that time, and at least 20-30m of sea level rise by then.

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Paula Kuokkanen's avatar Paula Kuokkanen @paulakuokkanen.bsky.social
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