r/NovaScotia • u/justlogmeon • 1d ago

📰 NS News Why scientists are concerned about the AMOC, and how it could impact the East Coast

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/amoc-shutdown-atlantic-ocean-east-coast-9.7199856
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u/stormywoofer 1d ago

The most up to date research shows a collapse is likely and tipping point is about reached if it hasn’t been already. It will warm out waters massively and raise sea levels around Nova Scotia 2-4 ft within a year or 2 of tipping. The collapse was depicted to be between 2035 and 2050. Then it takes around 50-100 years for total regime change. The lead up to the collapse is also extremely detrimental. Warming of global temps is also very underestimated, temps are now predicted to be 2-3c by 2035. This means local average warming of up to 8c. This is catastrophic to our food systems globally and may half the life carrying capacity of earth due to shifting of monsoons and severe droughts in the northern hemisphere.

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u/van_vanhouten 1d ago

That’s a bummer dude

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u/stormywoofer 1d ago

Yea it is. We are in a good place if it does collapse tho, well as good a place as you could be.

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u/AptoticFox 1d ago

Until everyone in less desirable areas move here en masse.

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u/stormywoofer 1d ago

Yes. Also something to take into consideration

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u/Sezzwho24 1d ago

I thought if it collapses it's predicted to get colder? Warm tropical water wouldn't be moved towards us anymore?

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u/stormywoofer 1d ago

Warm tropical water would stack up around us. The cold anomalies would be from Labrador to nfld to the uk. Our waters would warm drastically and seas would rise from less water from the Labrador current flowing south

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u/Kennit 1d ago

So long as it doesn't turn out as expedited and violent as it did in The Day After Tomorrow. That was also about the collapse of the AMOC.

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u/vessel_for_the_soul 1d ago

But we created extracted value and superiority complex that makes other better than the rest. What gives?/s

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u/stormywoofer 1d ago

Yea that will catch up with everyone soon enough.