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Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Does anybody know if such a collapse would happen instantaneous or more gradual? With the massive amount of water in motion it feels like it would take a long time to stop, or are fluids behaving differently?

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[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, okay. There's other climate systems where it's thought at least that we can point to distinct stable states. The Wikipedia article on tipping points has some examples.

[-] alcyoneous@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Ah cool, I’ll have to check that one out. I love a Wikipedia rabbit-hole but haven’t come across that one yet.

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