Mastodawn

Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: https://ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visuals/indicators.html

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Grüner OV Raum Stockach Nov 13

@rahmstorf

Just 1 Question:
If AMOC would end in 2050 we could get much lower temperature in western Europe.
Will it compensate the rising temperatur due to GHG emmission?

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Grassroots Joe Nov 14

@stockach

I'm pretty sure the AMOC impacts the distribution of atmospheric heat across continental areas, not the total heat among all of them.
The GHG blanket captures ever more heat, increasing the energy in the oscillating system that is the global climate and all of the weather systems in the world.
Like any driven oscillating system, as you put more energy into it the oscillations get bigger. Higher highs, lower lows & bigger gradients across which dangerous storms develop.

PS Physics major here with general understanding of how this all works, no special expertise in climate science.

@rahmstorf