Could the AMOC COLLAPSE? Consequences and Misconceptions | Into the Blue Presents: The AMOC Ep3

06/12/24 • 17 min

Over the past few years there have been many reports of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) collapsing completely within the next few years... but could it actually happen? University of Liverpool's Dr Hemant Khatri and NOC's Dr Zoe Jacobs examine whether the scenes depicted in the movie 'The Day After Tomorrow' could actually become and reality plus some common misconceptions surrounding the AMOC.
The National Oceanography Centre's 'Into the Blue Presents: The AMOC' podcast is our first ever spinoff series from our award winning podcast, 'Into the Blue'. In this four-part series we'll be exploring the importance and impact of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) with experts from across oceanography.

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Why Ocean Models Are Key in Unlocking the AMOC's Future | Into the Blue Presents: The AMOC Ep2

Ocean models enable us to observe multiple ocean parameters and give us a more complete picture of the health of our ocean, including the health of the AMOC. NOC's Dr Tillys Petit and University of Oxford Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Margarita Markina join NOC's Dr Zoe Jacobs to discuss how and why we create models of the ocean and how it's steering us into making educated decisions.
Learn more about the ocean modelling group at NOC - https://noc.ac.uk/science/research-areas/marine-systems-modelling
The National Oceanography Centre's 'Into the Blue Presents: The AMOC' podcast is our first ever spinoff series from our award winning podcast, 'Into the Blue'. In this four-part series we'll be exploring the importance and impact of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) with experts from across oceanography.

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How Ocean Arrays Give Us Indications of the AMOC's Health | Into the Blue Presents: The AMOC Ep4

First deployed in 2004, the RAPID-AMOC 26°N array has revolutionised the understanding of the AMOC’s variability and documented its impacts on our long term climate and seasonal European weather. In the final episode of our mini-series focusing on the AMOC, Dr Zoe Jacobs is joined by NOC's Chief Scientist Professor Penny Holliday to discuss the array's impact and other methods we use to measure the climate system.
Find out more about the 20th anniversary of the RAPID array - https://noc.ac.uk/news/leading-scientists-reach-milestone-anniversary-researching-amoc-better-understand-climate
The National Oceanography Centre's 'Into the Blue Presents: The AMOC' podcast is our first ever spinoff series from our award winning podcast, 'Into the Blue'. In this four-part series we'll be exploring the importance and impact of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) with experts from across oceanography.