After over a year of record-high global sea temperatures, the Atlantic is cooling off more quickly than ever recorded, which could impact weather around the world
I would have assumed it was due to a weakening of the North Equatorial/Gulf Stream Current. the IPCC Sixth Assessment said that would be a thing that happens, though it probably wouldn't collapse entirely.
even so, a weakening would have dramatic impacts.
kinda surprised it isn't mentioned in the article as a "maybe" or whatever.
The AMOC weakening was my first thought as well. In fact there was a previous study that predicted this could happen around 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests
bypass paywall: https://archive.is/VQk3s
I would have assumed it was due to a weakening of the North Equatorial/Gulf Stream Current. the IPCC Sixth Assessment said that would be a thing that happens, though it probably wouldn't collapse entirely.
even so, a weakening would have dramatic impacts.
kinda surprised it isn't mentioned in the article as a "maybe" or whatever.
The AMOC weakening was my first thought as well. In fact there was a previous study that predicted this could happen around 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/25/gulf-stream-could-collapse-as-early-as-2025-study-suggests