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Are We Near the AMOC Tipping Point?

In this Climate Emergency Forum episode, host Herb Simmens talks with Dr. Peter Carter and climate system scientist Paul Beckwith about alarming new science on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) – the “mother of all tipping points.” They explain why the AMOC is weakening, how massive freshwater from Greenland melt and the Arctic is destabilizing the system, and why several recent studies now suggest a coin-flip chance of a severe AMOC shutdown this century. https://youtu.be/VmAwHkv4S2Q?si=0VdjsfZfrFMPFlnA

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