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AMOC shutdown could trigger Antarctic carbon release, study warns
Original: When the crucial AMOC ocean current stops, Antarctic deep water will overturn and release millennia of trapped carbon
New research warns that if the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation collapses, deep water formation would shift to the Antarctic, overturning waters that have trapped carbon for millennia and releasing large amounts of it into the atmosphere. The finding adds to concerns that a weakening AMOC, often described as nearing a tipping point, would not just cool Europe but accelerate warming through a feedback loop.
Why now: Fears that the AMOC is approaching a tipping point are driving fresh attention to the cascading climate consequences of its collapse.
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