{"id":122342,"date":"2023-07-26T08:59:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T12:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=122342"},"modified":"2023-07-26T17:03:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T21:03:00","slug":"local-paper-gulf-stream-and-atlantic-ocean-current-system-could-collapse-causing-seas-to-rise-in-south-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=122342","title":{"rendered":"(Local paper) Gulf Stream and Atlantic ocean current system could collapse, causing seas to rise in South Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Gulf Stream is a mighty river in the ocean that powers past South Carolina with such force and momentum that it sucks water away from our coast, lowering our sea level by as much as 3 feet.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also part of a much larger conveyor belt of warm and cool waters called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, a current system that moderates the Northern Hemisphere\u2019s climate like a radiator in a car.<\/p>\n

But because of a rapidly warming planet, the AMOC system could collapse between 2025 and 2095, researchers said in\u00a0a new study published in the journal Nature Communications<\/a>\u00a0that\u2019s raising alarms across the globe.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gulf Stream and Atlantic ocean current system could collapse, causing seas to rise in SC https:\/\/t.co\/8tFTs5toVv<\/a> via @postandcourier<\/a><\/p>\n

— Sandra Bundy (@SandraBundy) July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n