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Sci Tech    H2'ed 12/20/21

The Atlantic's vital currents could collapse. Scientists are racing to understand the dangers.

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This is a companion piece to Scott Baker's doom-and-gloom reality link on Climate Change.  Glaciers of  Antarctica.

Up North, in the Atlantic, more disaster lurks. 

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You may never have heard of one of the most important forces in the planet’s climate system: a network of ocean currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)... If the system collapsed, it would be a climate disaster, freezing the far north of Europe, cutting crop production across the continent, and pushing up sea levels on the Eastern Seaboard.

When will we sober up?

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