Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current called AMOC has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past

1.0Greenpeace Aotearoahttps://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoaNick Younghttps://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/author/nyoung/Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current called AMOC has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so againrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H7jbAsmbea"><a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/weakening-or-collapse-of-a-major-atlantic-current-called-amoc-has-disrupted-nzs-climate-in-the-past-and-could-do-so-again/">Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current called AMOC has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/story/weakening-or-collapse-of-a-major-atlantic-current-called-amoc-has-disrupted-nzs-climate-in-the-past-and-could-do-so-again/embed/#?secret=H7jbAsmbea" width="600" height="338" title="“Weakening or collapse of a major Atlantic current called AMOC has disrupted NZ’s climate in the past – and could do so again” — Greenpeace Aotearoa" data-secret="H7jbAsmbea" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-aotearoa-stateless/2024/11/7b7661e0-file-20240609-21-hjd7pi.jpg1200800New research shows past changes in AMOC have had significant impact on temperatures in New Zealand and across the southern hemisphere. These results imply that future collapse of AMOC may accelerate ongoing warming trends.