The Earth’s ocean currents are the unseen engines of global climate, circulating warm and cold water around the planet. But now, a massive slowdown in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is sounding the alarm.
As polar ice melts and massive freshwater surges into the ocean, the delicate salinity balance driving these currents begins to falter. Scientists have detected worrying signs of this trend, which could trigger colder winters in Europe, more droughts in Africa, and rising sea levels along the U.S. East Coast.
This isn’t science fiction—it’s science in real-time. The health of Earth’s circulatory system depends on addressing climate change at its source.
