Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early as 2025

Re:Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early... by mapt on Monday April 22, 2024 @10:41AM (#40114842)

I don't know whether the article is especially relevant, but sea surface temperatures have gone absolutely nuts for the past year and so anything we would have called a crazy model five years ago is now on the table.

https://climatereanalyzer.org/clim/sst_daily/

We spent most of 2023 (April to December) 4 to 5 standard deviations above the mean for 1981-2011. This year has been higher than Q1 2023's figures by a considerable margin.

This might have something to do with decreasing sulphur dioxide concentrations from switching shipping over to cleaner fuel, or it might not.

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Re:Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early... by silverquiet on Monday April 22, 2024 @11:01AM (#40115081)

I look at that chart too often for my own good. I don't know how people can look at that and think that we can continue as usual, though I do understand that at the end of the day, what's an individual supposed to do?

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