| We simply don't know. I recommend Peter Ward's video for more info. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturnin... "The impacts of the decline and potential shutdown of the AMOC could include losses in agricultural output, ecosystem changes, and the triggering of other climate tipping points." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturnin... "The possibility that the AMOC is a bistable system (which is either "on" or "off") and could collapse suddenly has been a topic of scientific discussion for a long time." https://www.livescience.com/gulf-stream-slowing-climate-chan... (2021) "The Gulf Stream — one of Earth's major climate-regulating ocean currents — is moving slower than it has in thousands of years, a new study suggests. Human-induced climate change is largely to blame." "If the Gulf Stream crosses its tipping point, it will continue to weaken even if we have managed to stop global warming," Caesar told Live Science. "Afterwards, it will slow down by a lot, coming close to a complete shutdown of the circulation." |