New study: The risk of flooding events along the U.S. Northeast coast has doubled since 2005. Now, scientists have discovered that up to 50% of these events occurred because key Atlantic ocean currents are slowing down. #AMOC 🌊
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-decline-of-key-atlantic-currents-is-underway-and-its-been-flooding-parts-of-the-us-for-20-years
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/the-decline-of-key-atlantic-currents-is-underway-and-its-been-flooding-parts-of-the-us-for-20-years

The decline of key Atlantic currents is underway, and it's been flooding parts of the US for 20 years
New research has linked sea level rise and an increase in flooding in the U.S. Northeast over the past 20 years to the breakdown of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC).