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British Antarctic Survey 🐧
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What if the ocean current keeping Britain warm started to slow down? ☔ The AMOC acts like a giant conveyor belt, moving heat from the tropics to our shores. Models predict that the AMOC could slow down or collapse – potentially leading to new extremes in weather. 🧵1/2

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧
@bas.ac.uk

Our latest Long Read dives into the science – robots collecting data around Greenland's melting glaciers, pressure gauges that 'talk' across oceans, and models that run backwards in time. Read the full story here 👇 www.bas.ac.uk/blogpost/tes... 🧵2/2

bas.ac.ukTesting a tipping point: inside the hunt for early warnings in Atlantic currents - British Antarctic SurveyThe vast ocean circulation system that keeps Britain's climate mild could be weakening. Scientists are racing to understand what that might mean for our future.