{"id":301708,"date":"2024-02-14T10:27:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T09:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=301708"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:27:31","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T09:27:31","slug":"no-cnn-and-other-media-outlets-climate-change-is-not-causing-the-ocean-circulation-to-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=301708","title":{"rendered":"No, CNN and Other Media Outlets, Climate Change Is Not Causing the Ocean Circulation to Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"301716\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=301716\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00SEI_165307949.webp?fit=1200%2C799&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00SEI_165307949\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00SEI_165307949.webp?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00SEI_165307949.webp?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00SEI_165307949.webp?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00SEI_165307949.webp?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00SEI_165307949.webp?resize=768%2C511&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00SEI_165307949.webp?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2024\/02\/no-cnn-and-other-media-outlets-climate-change-is-not-causing-the-ocean-circulation-to-collapse\/\">ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/author\/awatts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Watts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"516\" data-attachment-id=\"301710\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=301710\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0CNN-AMOC-fake-news.jpg?fit=1018%2C726&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1018,726\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0CNN-AMOC-fake-news\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0CNN-AMOC-fake-news.jpg?fit=723%2C516&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0CNN-AMOC-fake-news.jpg?resize=723%2C516&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0CNN-AMOC-fake-news.jpg?w=1018&amp;ssl=1 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0CNN-AMOC-fake-news.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0CNN-AMOC-fake-news.jpg?resize=768%2C548&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent CNN headline, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/09\/climate\/atlantic-circulation-collapse-weather-climate\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Critical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse, prompting warning from scientists<\/a>\u201c misleads its readers into believing that a collapse of a critical Atlantic Ocean current is pending. This is false.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CNN article opens by saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A crucial system of ocean currents may already be on course to collapse, according to a new report, with alarming implications for sea level rise and global weather \u2014 leading temperatures to plunge dramatically in some regions and rise in others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CNN story is referring to a study in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adk1189#body-ref-R2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Science Advances<\/a>, titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adk1189#body-ref-R2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Physics-based early warning signal shows that AMOC is on tipping course<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dozens of other media outlets picked up the story, also running frightening headlines, all blaming climate change. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2024\/feb\/09\/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing \u2018devastating\u2019 tipping point, study finds<\/a>,&nbsp; (<em>The Guardian<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2024\/02\/09\/amoc-current-from-day-after-tomorrow-on-path-to-collapse\/72508702007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMOC current from \u2018Day After Tomorrow\u2019 is on path to collapse: Study&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;(<em>USA Today<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/02\/09\/atlantic-ocean-amoc-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The crucial tipping point scientists say could cause Atlantic Ocean collapse&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;(<em>The Washington Post<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode is yet another \u201ctipping point\u201d scare for the ocean currents, and one that has been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/?s=AMOC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">debunked multiple times<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<em>Climate Realism<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the title, rather than being \u201cphysics-based\u201d the research published is actually \u201cclimate model-based,\u201d describing an outcome projected by a single climate model\u2019s calculation for the distant future for the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC). The AMOC is also part of the well-known \u201cGulf Stream\u201d current. Here\u2019s what the AMOC pattern of currents looks like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"569\" data-attachment-id=\"301712\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=301712\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00AMOC-diagram.png?fit=810%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"810,637\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00AMOC-diagram\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00AMOC-diagram.png?fit=723%2C569&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00AMOC-diagram.png?resize=723%2C569&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00AMOC-diagram.png?w=810&amp;ssl=1 810w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00AMOC-diagram.png?resize=300%2C236&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/00AMOC-diagram.png?resize=768%2C604&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 1 \u2013 Pictorial of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC). The Atlantic AMOC covers the entire Atlantic Ocean in both hemispheres. Warm (near-surface) currents are shown in red, cold deep return currents in blue. The small circles show areas with strong eddy activity. Graphic: C. B\u00f6ning\/M. Scheinert, GEOMAR.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, behind the scary headlines pushed by the mainstream media is this one immutable fact buried in the study:&nbsp;<strong>the supposed AMOC tipping point will not occur until 1758 years from now, in the year 3782 AD.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is clearly shown in figure 1A from the paper which is reproduced in Figure 2 below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In other words, even if the study turns out to be true, there is absolutely no threat during lifetime of any person living today, or their children, or grandchildren. Or their great, great, great, great grandchildren, many generations in the future. Yet the mainstream media irresponsibly reports results of this study as if the collapse of the AMOC is just around the corner.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"698\" height=\"514\" data-attachment-id=\"301713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=301713\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-178.png?fit=698%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"698,514\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-178\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-178.png?fit=698%2C514&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-178.png?resize=698%2C514&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-301713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-178.png?w=698&amp;ssl=1 698w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-178.png?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 2 \u2013 The AMOC strength at 1000 m and 26\u00b0N, where the yellow shading indicates observed ranges in our present day. The cyan-colored lines indicate the magnitude of\u00a0FH. The red arrow indicates the AMOC tipping point in model year 1758 which is the year 3782 AD. Source: Figure 1A from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adk1189#body-ref-R2\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adk1189#body-ref-R2<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reporting on the study is also irresponsible for failing to acknowledge the recent research suggesting that AMOC has been speeding up or strengthening in recent years, as described in a 2018&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/os.copernicus.org\/articles\/16\/863\/2020\/os-16-863-2020.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">study<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Scientific Advances\u2019 study\u2019s conclusion is predicated on a single climate model, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cesm.ucar.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Community Earth System Model<\/a>&nbsp;(CESM), projecting far into the future and it\u2019s also predicated on an amount of ice melt that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climateataglance.com\/climate-at-a-glance-greenland-ice-melt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has not happened in our lifetimes<\/a>. Even then, the CESM had to have its pump primed with unrealistic meltwater data in order for the researchers to come to the conclusion they got. What they did was to run the model, then add modeled freshwater very gradually to the modeled North Atlantic, presumably simulating a melting of the Greenland ice which might shut down the AMOC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s only one problem;&nbsp;<em>the amount of freshwater from melting that they injected into the model is about five times the actual amount of ice available in Greenland to melt.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The study reports that 14,629,305 cubic kilometers of modeled fresh water were added to the model. Yet, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nsidc.org\/learn\/parts-cryosphere\/ice-sheets\/ice-sheet-quick-facts#:~:text=The%20Greenland%20Ice%20Sheet%20contains,times%20the%20size%20of%20Texas.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Snow and Ice Data Center says:<\/a>&nbsp;(bold mine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Greenland Ice Sheet contains about 2.9 million cubic kilometers (0.7 million cubic miles) of ice. The ice sheet extends about 1.7 million square kilometers (656,000 square miles), covering 80 percent of the world\u2019s largest island, and is equivalent to about three times the size of Texas<strong>. It contains about 2.9 million cubic kilometers (696,000 cubic miles) of ice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simple math shows the water volume inflation factor: 14,629,305\/2,900,00 = 5.044.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, the researchers used an amount of melted ice that was impossible to occur because that much ice doesn\u2019t exist in Greenland. This sort of irresponsible use of a climate model seems to have as its related goals \u2013 to grab headlines, inspire fear, and motivate government action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of course, the media completely missed the facts about the timing in the distant future and water volume used to goose the model, that completely negate the study and render it moot, but instead blasted out scary headlines as if doom were imminent. Journalism is supposed to check facts, as&nbsp;<em>Climate Realism<\/em>&nbsp;does daily. Instead, they rushed to publication and in the process published blatantly false information and tried to blame present day climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The media also missed the fact that about 12,500 years ago the AMOC slowed down and in fact the planet\u2019s weather and temperature changed during that time. The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/284868803_The_Younger_Dryas_Climate_Event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Younger Dryas Climate Event<\/a>&nbsp;occurred about 12,900 to 11,700 years ago. Many of the climate changes related to that event were likely a response to increased freshwater discharge to the North Atlantic and the reduction in AMOC strength. That basically signaled the end of the most recent ice age, beginning the time when Earth became more habitable for humans, and sedentary agriculture began. Shortly after that, in geologic time the blinking of an eye, the first nascent, large-scale civilizations began developing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This all occurred well before climate change was even a twinkle in the eye of climate catastrophists and was a completely natural event unrelated to modern day concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the status of the AMOC, the science itself, and the press reporting on it, are both bipolar. Some people in the climate debate seem to believe that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/stephenschneider.stanford.edu\/Publications\/PDF_Papers\/Schindler.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the science is settled<\/a>,\u201d yet every few months the press bombards the public with stories diametrically opposed to what they reported was occurring with the AMOC just a few months prior. Heartland Institute president James Taylor tracked news articles on the topic over the last few years, compiling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Ocean-currents-flip-flop-claims.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a list of dozens of news stories published since 2020<\/a>, all citing research on the AMOC. But the research is contradictory. Studies, sometimes published within a year of each other, sometimes within the same year, come to contradictory conclusions. Some studies say the AMOC is slowing down and about to collapse, a tipping point for worsening extreme weather, others say the AMOC is speeding up which will lead to runaway weather. The reporting swings back and forth just a quickly, reporting diametrically opposed results as if both could be true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerning the AMOC, not only is the science not settled, but the media doesn\u2019t have a clue concerning how to even determine if the science they are reporting on is grounded in fact and correct, or if the what they are writing about it is being reported accurately, or whether the conclusion of a particular study fits within the overall science on the AMOC. &nbsp;The reporting on this new study is yet another shameful example of the media putting their climate narrative scare stories ahead of actual facts: the AMOC is speeding up, or its declining, but in either case its bad for the world and governments need to act to prevents it, as if keeping the AMOC constant is even possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>The post\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/2024\/02\/no-cnn-and-other-media-outlets-climate-change-is-not-causing-the-ocean-circulation-to-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No, CNN and Other Media Outlets, Climate Change Is Not Causing the Ocean Circulation to Collapse<\/a>\u00a0appeared first on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ClimateRealism<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent CNN headline, \u201cCritical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse, prompting warning from scientists\u201c misleads its readers into believing that a collapse of a critical Atlantic Ocean current is pending. This is false.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":301716,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A recent CNN headline, \u201cCritical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse, prompting warning from scientists\u201c misleads its readers into believing that a collapse of a critical Atlantic Ocean current is pending. 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This is false. Recent research indicates that climate change has not altered the Atlantic Ocean current, despite repeated claims by the media and some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)\"","block_context":{"text":"Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0atlanticocea.jpg?fit=1200%2C842&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0atlanticocea.jpg?fit=1200%2C842&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0atlanticocea.jpg?fit=1200%2C842&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0atlanticocea.jpg?fit=1200%2C842&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/0atlanticocea.jpg?fit=1200%2C842&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":379907,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=379907","url_meta":{"origin":301708,"position":1},"title":"CNN Lies in its AMOC Collapse Story: Another Flip-Flop in a Long Line of Alarmist Claims","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/25\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent CNN article by Laura Paddison, titled \u201cA crucial system of ocean currents is slowing. It\u2019s already supercharging sea level rise in the US,\u201d\u00a0references new research on the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) to claim the current is slowing down leading to rising seas and costly, deadly coastal flooding.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)\"","block_context":{"text":"Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2Screenshot-2025-02-16-160758.png?fit=1200%2C593&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2Screenshot-2025-02-16-160758.png?fit=1200%2C593&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2Screenshot-2025-02-16-160758.png?fit=1200%2C593&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2Screenshot-2025-02-16-160758.png?fit=1200%2C593&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2Screenshot-2025-02-16-160758.png?fit=1200%2C593&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":270980,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270980","url_meta":{"origin":301708,"position":2},"title":"The Guardian\u2019s (ocean) circulation problem","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Is there no loyalty among climate extremists? The Guardian makes a mistake about the fundamental difference between the Gulf Stream and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) and suddenly everyone is on its case, some accusing it of sloppy reporting, others demanding a correction of its fake news, (which didn\u2019t\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"AMOC\"","block_context":{"text":"AMOC","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=amoc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-98-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-98-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-98-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/OIG-98-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":301408,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=301408","url_meta":{"origin":301708,"position":3},"title":"Tipping Is Optional","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/12\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"I was greeted this morning by a CNN headline saying \u201cCritical Atlantic Ocean current system is showing early signs of collapse, prompting warning from scientists\u201c. YIKES! Be very afraid.","rel":"","context":"In \"Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC)\"","block_context":{"text":"Atlantic Meridional Overturning Current (AMOC)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=atlantic-meridional-overturning-current-amoc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0AMOC-1024x768-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0AMOC-1024x768-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0AMOC-1024x768-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/0AMOC-1024x768-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":270153,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270153","url_meta":{"origin":301708,"position":4},"title":"No CNN, Gulf Stream is Not\u00a0Collapsing","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"07\/29\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The averaged AMOC projections from\u00a0climate models\u00a0under all the IPCC emissions\u00a0scenarios all show an AMOC decline, but not a collapse (a \u201chigh confidence\u201d conclusion). Some individual climate model runs do show a future collapse in the AMOC, so the possibility cannot be entirely ruled out.","rel":"","context":"In \"Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)\"","block_context":{"text":"Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=atlantic-meridional-overturning-circulation-amoc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0the-day-after-tomorrow.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0the-day-after-tomorrow.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0the-day-after-tomorrow.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0the-day-after-tomorrow.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0the-day-after-tomorrow.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":417967,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=417967","url_meta":{"origin":301708,"position":5},"title":"Yahoo\u2019s Waning Ocean Current Claims Are Hyperbolic and False","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"12\/20\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent Yahoo News article, \u201cExperts warn ongoing concern with Atlantic Ocean will be direct threat to dozens of nations: \u2018Consequences for at least 1,000 years to come,\u2019\u201d by Timothy McGill, claims a new modeling study shows that a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC,) would intensify Southern\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Atlantic Meridian Overturning Circulation (AMOC)\"","block_context":{"text":"Atlantic Meridian Overturning Circulation (AMOC)","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=atlantic-meridian-overturning-circulation-amoc"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQNXbafYXLVDpMn2v6AWVWEzyY0MWvI3od9-FrUmL0nLybMzbVnBTCylhtDZAstrXj-pL2jdT2IA_MWauARk2CHl1aoCK-p1YRLoT23eLUhCjWE_0y2ilAXtUfs2wblZ.jpeg?fit=1200%2C598&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQNXbafYXLVDpMn2v6AWVWEzyY0MWvI3od9-FrUmL0nLybMzbVnBTCylhtDZAstrXj-pL2jdT2IA_MWauARk2CHl1aoCK-p1YRLoT23eLUhCjWE_0y2ilAXtUfs2wblZ.jpeg?fit=1200%2C598&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQNXbafYXLVDpMn2v6AWVWEzyY0MWvI3od9-FrUmL0nLybMzbVnBTCylhtDZAstrXj-pL2jdT2IA_MWauARk2CHl1aoCK-p1YRLoT23eLUhCjWE_0y2ilAXtUfs2wblZ.jpeg?fit=1200%2C598&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQNXbafYXLVDpMn2v6AWVWEzyY0MWvI3od9-FrUmL0nLybMzbVnBTCylhtDZAstrXj-pL2jdT2IA_MWauARk2CHl1aoCK-p1YRLoT23eLUhCjWE_0y2ilAXtUfs2wblZ.jpeg?fit=1200%2C598&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AQNXbafYXLVDpMn2v6AWVWEzyY0MWvI3od9-FrUmL0nLybMzbVnBTCylhtDZAstrXj-pL2jdT2IA_MWauARk2CHl1aoCK-p1YRLoT23eLUhCjWE_0y2ilAXtUfs2wblZ.jpeg?fit=1200%2C598&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301708"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":301718,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301708\/revisions\/301718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/301716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}