Scientists See Chances Of Atlantic Current Collapse Growing; What Better Time For KKKing KKKlown To Destroy Monitoring?

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Imagine we detect a large asteroid heading straight for Earth. We are able to intervene and prevent disaster, but instead we cut the funding needed to track it. A few million dollars, it was argued, was too expensive to have a chance to save society. While this scenario isn’t real, the metaphor is alarmingly accurate. In Europe, we spend €1bn to monitor space for asteroids, even if the actual risk of a civilisation-ending asteroid strike is close to zero.

But governments don’t commit to spend a fraction of that amount to adequately monitor a threat that is more imminent, more likely, and located here on Earth: a major change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc). The Amoc is a vast system of ocean current that moves heat from the south to north in the Atlantic Ocean, thereby playing a crucial role in regulating global climate upon which modern civilisation is built – from agriculture, through infrastructure to health, prosperity and culture. Changes in Amoc can impact food security, coastal flooding, storms, energy demand, migration, infrastructure planning, etc.

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Systematic monitoring of the Amoc began only two decades ago when a handful of visionary researchers in different countries patched together individual nationally funded research projects within the competitive science domain. Yet, these measurements are now a benchmark for climate models and have critically improved our understanding of the Amoc. The extreme vulnerability of funding for Amoc observing has been confirmed by a recent assessment that showed how funding issues have already reduced Amoc observing capabilities.

Several Amoc monitoring initiatives are at a risk of being defunded and could be discontinued at any moment. While we can’t go back in time to do more observations, we can improve our observation strategy for the future. Instead, the Trump administration has proposed budget cuts to Nasa, NOAA and NSF – agencies that together provide about 50% of the total Amoc monitoring budget. Last week the US announced the descoping of the Ocean Observing Initiative which was part of a programme observing the Amoc.

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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/14/amoc-collapse-europe-climate

[NoMoreRepugs]

1. It's FACT. Everything TrumpenFuhrer touches dies. In this case possibly Earth.

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2. Wally Broecker was one of those visionaries who called attention to this possible collapse decades age.

Broecker, a professor at Lamont-Doherty, Columbia University, foresaw the threat of global warming as early as the 1970s. He was very outspoken about the possible dangers that he predicted..

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3. We'll see the results soon enough. Trump taking the canaries out of the coal mines.