[HIGHLIGHTS] The ocean system that moves heat around the planet, key to life, is approaching collapse

The ocean system that moves heat around the planet, key to life, is approaching collapse. The end of this current would cause so many repercussions on the global climate “so abrupt and severe that it would be almost impossible to adapt to them in some places,” says a new study.

According to scientists, “we are heading towards a tipping point.” The collapse of the current – ​​called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or AMOC – would change the globalClimate because it means the end of one of the planet's key climate and ocean forces.