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silon42yesterday at 6:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

It might compensate for global warming... I think a lot will depend on whether there is rain or not.


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jakebolyesterday at 10:30 PM

Current research is that it would get a lot drier than it is currently. Also the AMOC collapse process would play out over many decades (~50-100 years) it will not be a sudden event.

HPsquaredyesterday at 7:49 PM

Warm oceans, as they are, would surely bring rain? Hence why the UK is so rainy. The ocean is warmer than the land, it's like warm water in a cold room, you get the moisture coming off it. If the ocean isn't warm any more, I reckon (as an amateur engineer not climatologist) that would reduce the rain we get.

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