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by Ajay-p 739 days ago
And then there's this on the front page of HN https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adh8369 which says that "Major disruption of the Atlantic overturning circulation (AOMC) is not expected"

Which is it?

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It’s expected to not be a major disruption, but it also could be worse than expected. There is no contradiction.
This paper is specifically investigating if ice melt in Greenland is strong enough to reverse the AOMC. The editor summarizes,

> However, because melting is causing the Greenland Ice Sheet to recede from the coasts of Greenland, where icebergs originate, its iceberg discharge should not persist long enough to cause major disruption of the Atlantic overturning circulation by itself.

That leaves that possibility that Greenland ice melt + other factors are sufficient to cause AOMC reversal.

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