The AMOC Might Be WAY More Unstable Than We Thought...Here's Why

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Take the PBS Digital Studios Audience Survey: https://to.pbs.org/2024SurveyWTHR There is a mysterious cold blob in the North Atlantic that could be a warning sign that the largest heat transfer system on the planet, the AMOC, is on the brink of collapse. But it turns out that the AMOC’s collapse is a highly debated topic among scientists – climate models are inconsistent and there isn’t enough observational data to determine a trend. So, perhaps the answer to understand a possible AMOC collapse is to go back in time. In this episode, we talk to three paleoclimate experts who look at the Earth’s past climate and find some really shocking things about the AMOC’s past behavior. And it turns out that the mysterious cold blob may actually be a bigger deal than we realize… Weathered is a show hosted by weather expert Maiya May and produced by Balance Media that helps explain the most common natural disasters, what causes them, how they’re changing, and what we can do to prepare. OSU footage by Saskia Madlener Christo Buizert’s Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2402637121 Mohamed Ezat’s Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53401-3 ***** PBS Member Stations rely on viewers like you. To support your local station, go to: http://to.pbs.org/DonateTerra ***** Subscribe to PBS Terra so you never miss an episode! https://bit.ly/3mOfd77 And keep up with PBS Terra on: Facebook: https://facebook.com/pbsdigitalstudios Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pbsterra Instagram: https://instagram.com/pbsterra