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A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests

www.cnn.com A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests | CNN

It uses state-of-the-art models to estimate the shutdown could happen between 2037 and 2064, and that it’s more likely than not to collapse by 2050.

A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests | CNN

“Until a few years ago, we were discussing whether it would happen at all, as a kind of low-probability, high-impact risk,” Rahmstorf told CNN. “And now it looks a lot more likely than just a few years ago that this will happen. Now people are starting to close in on when it will happen.”

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