Imagine you’re in a bar, watching a patron tilt backwards on their stool. Further and further back they lean, the stool’s feet lifting more and more off the floor, until eventually, to nobody’s surprise but their own, they fall. They’re hurt and bruised, the stool is completely broken, and the bar staff are irate. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Now imagine that wobbling stool is the second largest ocean on Earth.

Sorry to inform you but… we might be in trouble.

What is the AMOC?

AMOC stands for Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and it refers to the huge web of ocean currents moving through the Atlantic Ocean. It’s often likened to a huge conveyor belt: it brings warm, nutrient-rich water north from near t

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