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Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests

A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis

The Guardian
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Very misleading title

The new analysis estimates a timescale for the collapse of between 2025 and 2095, with a central estimate of 2050

I don’t disagree about the headline, but ~70 years for something that last happened in the ice age is imminent on a geologic scale. I mean, shit: that’s within my kid’s lifetime.
Oh yeah no for sure, we’re pretty much past the point of no return at this point for shitting things happening in my of our lifetimes, even if humanity decides to suddenly start doing something about it

On the other hand we weren’t supposed to hit +1.5° average before 2050, and here we are in 2023, unless a global scale event happens to cool the earth, we’ll hit this mark.

This year arctica never had this low ice cover. Same for antartica. Mountains are falling in Switzerland because of the lack of ice cover. It’s very bad and there might be cascading effects.

Gulf stream stopping could very well be happening in 2 years. It is a possibility. But even if it happens in 2050 it’s not really good you know.

If the gulf stream shuts down you’ll get your glaciers back and then some.
Oh great, and the climate will certainly not change one bit! /s
I’m sure the media will have a new and different apocalypse for us in a couple of months.