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Gloomy climate calculation: Scientists predict a collapse of the Atlantic ocean current to happen mid-century (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Does anybody know if such a collapse would happen instantaneous or more gradual? With the massive amount of water in motion it feels like it would take a long time to stop, or are fluids behaving differently?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, okay. There's other climate systems where it's thought at least that we can point to distinct stable states. The Wikipedia article on tipping points has some examples.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah cool, I’ll have to check that one out. I love a Wikipedia rabbit-hole but haven’t come across that one yet.