​AMOC, or The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, has collapsed many times in Earth’s geological history. But it’s never happened while modern civilisations have existed – at least not until now anyway. We’re already struggling to cope with 0.2 degrees Celsius of warming each decade, but an AMOC collapse could bring such catastrophic seasonal disruption that it would make recent extreme weather events look like a walk in the park! So, what’s the plan??

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