The movie 'Tomorrow' could become a reality in two years

A study has found that the Atlantic Ocean Current, which helps the Earth's heat cycle, could stop as early as 2025. In this case, there are concerns that a “climate catastrophe” could occur, with severe cold coming to North America and Europe and even hotter heat in the tropics.

According to the Financial Times (FT) on the 25th (local time), researchers from the University of Copenhagen published a study in the journal Nature that the Atlantic Meridian Overcurrent (AMOC) will stop between 2025 and 2095, most likely in the 2050s. .

AMOC refers to an ocean current circulation phenomenon in which warm water from the tropics adjacent to the Caribbean Sea moves toward the North Pole through the North American coast, cools, sinks into the deep sea, and returns to the equator, depending on temperature and salinity differences. In the Northern Hemisphere, the AMOC is a typical ocean current circulation. It acts like a conveyor belt that regulates the global temperature.

The results of this study are particularly noteworthy in that they predicted the timing of AMOC suspension much earlier. Earlier, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on the Climate Crisis (IPCC) announced that AMOC is unlikely to stop this century. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen pointed out that previous studies overestimated the stability of the AMOC due to incorrect data on past climate records and salinity and glacial runoff.

AMOC suspension is evaluated as a turning point where “climate change” turns into “climate catastrophe.” If the circulation of the Atlantic ocean currents stops, extreme cold in Europe and North America, heat waves near the equator, and monsoon monsoon winds in India, South America, and West Africa can be disrupted. The movie ‘Tomorrow’, which deals with the story of the entire earth being covered with glaciers, also assumed the situation in which the AMOC stopped.

Some critics say that the research results are difficult to trust. This is because the data from 1870 to 2020 used by the research team is inaccurate.