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by ffsm8 3 hours ago
Northern Europe will actually get colder with global warming... Well, only on average, the heat waves in the summer will stay.

But it's always funny how many people don't really realize how soon the AMOC will likely collapse (probably within the next 30 years - definitely within the next 70 years) and just unlivable most houses will consequently become, as what we currently consider an extreme winter would consequently become a mild one... The infrastructure just hasn't been built for -20°C
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jjmarr 2 hours ago
The Day After Tomorrow (2004) predicted this.
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ffsm8 1 hour ago
It's not a good movie though, the entertainment value may be debatable - but it did not give a realistic scenario to the AMOC collapse.

It's only slightly related insofar an amoc collapse would make winters in Europe more severe (not in USA) - but it's only "inspired by" such a scenario and should not be seen as a plausible future prediction

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