The Atlantic Ocean's most vital ocean current is showing troubling signs of reaching a disastrous tipping point. Earlier this week, 44 oceanographers from 15 countries published an open letter calling for urgent action in the face of the weakening circulation. “We don't really consider it low probability anymore,” oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf told @LiveScience. Read more: flip.it/-r0SuV
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'We don't really consider it low probability anymore': Collapse of key Atlantic current could have catastrophic impacts, says oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf
The Atlantic Ocean's most vital ocean current is showing troubling signs of reaching a disastrous tipping point. Oceanographer Stefan Rahmstorf tells Live Science what the impacts could be.Ben Turner (Live Science)