Figure 1. Diagram showing the three-dimensional flow of AMOC as it exists currently (left) and as it might look while weakening toward collapse in a warming climate (right).

Since 2004, the AMOC flow has been continuously recorded by instruments deployed near the Florida Strait in the Atlantic Ocean, in a program called the RAPID-MOCHA array.

Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as Gulf Stream System, has been as weak as in the last decades. Researchers compiled proxy data ...

Since 2004, the AMOC flow has been continuously recorded by instruments deployed near the Florida Strait in the Atlantic Ocean, in a program called the RAPID-MOCHA array.

They estimate that the AMOC declined in strength by about 15% during the industrial era, relative to its flow in the preceding 1,500 years.

The scientists have created an interactive map to visualize the impacts of an AMOC collapse across the globe. London, for example, could see winter cold extremes of minus 2.2 Fahrenheit , while ...

A strong AMOC is typically associated with dense deep water that flows along the western boundary of the North Atlantic. When the AMOC weakens, water becomes less dense, literally taking up more ...

AMOC brings enough warmth to the northern hemisphere that, without it, large parts of Europe could enter a deep freeze. This remarkable satellite picture showing the extent of snow across Britain ...

The work is published today in Nature. Water-moving machine The AMOC is like a giant conveyor belt in the Atlantic Ocean: warm water travels in the upper layers from south to north.