Irish Examiner view: Amoc collapse would be climate catastrophe

'Credible' threat to the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation, which incorporates the Gulf Stream surface current

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As we endure the biggest global energy crisis in nearly 60 years, news has come that the world could be facing into the catastrophic collapse of the critical Atlantic current system sooner than previously thought.

The consequences of such a collapse in the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) are, according to scientists studying it, “very concerning” and will have cataclysmic consequences for Africa, Europe, and the Americas.