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The AMOC Might Be Way More Unstable Than We Thought...Here's Why

Season 6 Episode 2 | 12m 45s

There is a mysterious cold blob in the North Atlantic that could be a warning sign that the largest heat transfer system on the planet, the AMOC, is on the brink of collapse. But it turns out that the AMOC’s collapse is a highly debated topic among scientists – climate models are inconsistent and there isn’t enough observational data to determine a trend. So, perhaps the answer to understand a pos

Aired: 12/17/24
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