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+---
+title: Atlantic overturning circulation tipping point
+kind: problem
+status: open
+year: 1961
+statement: Will the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation collapse this century, and at what warming?
+space: climate
+---
 
+Its collapse would cool northwest Europe sharply and shift tropical rainfall. Direct measurements only began in 2004, and proxy-based early-warning analyses disagree about how close it is to a threshold.
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+## Sources
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+- [Wikipedia: Atlantic meridional overturning circulation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_meridional_overturning_circulation)
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+[[Space:climate|Climate]] · [[Continent:earth|Earth]]

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Its collapse would cool northwest Europe sharply and shift tropical rainfall. Direct measurements only began in 2004, and proxy-based early-warning analyses disagree about how close it is to a threshold.

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