{"668601":{"#nid":"668601","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Warming Could Push the Atlantic Past a \u2018Tipping Point\u2019 This Century","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECould the system of ocean currents that regulates the climate for a swath of the planet \u2014 currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) \u2014 collapse sooner than expected? New research,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-39810-w\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\u0022\u003Epublished \u003C\/a\u003Ein the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E, show that a sharp weakening of the currents, or even a shutdown, could be upon us by century\u2019s end. In interviews, several researchers who study the overturning applauded the new analysis for using a novel approach to predict when we might cross a tipping point. But they voiced reservations about some of its methods, and said more work was still needed to nail down the timing with greater certainty. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/dean-susan-lozier\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier,\u003C\/a\u003E Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair of the College of Sciences, and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, has researched the AMOC in the past and is involved in new efforts to directly measure its currents.\u0026nbsp;But the projects began collecting data in 2004 at the earliest, which isn\u2019t enough time to draw firm long-term conclusions. \u201cIt is extremely difficult to look at a short record for the ocean overturning and say what it is going to do over 30, 40 or 50 years,\u201d Lozier said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECould the system of ocean currents that regulates the climate for a swath of the planet \u2014 currents known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) \u2014 collapse sooner than expected? New research,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-023-39810-w\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 title=\u0022\u0022\u003Epublished \u003C\/a\u003Ein the journal \u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E, show that a sharp weakening of the currents, or even a shutdown, could be upon us by century\u2019s end. In interviews, several researchers who study the overturning applauded the new analysis for using a novel approach to predict when we might cross a tipping point. But they voiced reservations about some of its methods, and said more work was still needed to nail down the timing with greater certainty. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/cos.gatech.edu\/dean-susan-lozier\u0022\u003ESusan Lozier,\u003C\/a\u003E Dean and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair of the College of Sciences, and a professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, has researched the AMOC in the past and is involved in new efforts to directly measure its currents.\u0026nbsp;But the projects began collecting data in 2004 at the earliest, which isn\u2019t enough time to draw firm long-term conclusions. \u201cIt is extremely difficult to look at a short record for the ocean overturning and say what it is going to do over 30, 40 or 50 years,\u201d Lozier said.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-07-26 13:33:22","changed_gmt":"2023-07-26 15:20:19","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"The New York Times ","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/07\/25\/climate\/atlantic-ocean-tipping-point.html?unlocked_article_code=DRyhHMDeRdukYbfzt_aj9Lb3Ip9OxDF9I1YDzEwk9AYa4iN4Hyq1KWMvuzGsN1x3C1KNSaNeTt62t00DS09izNTNzYuZ-xPstcXCjG2RFpr7oHUGd0xI-Kx4GDPPZWUNSKN7Lv1NNp33tkymKM1iXmlThjwRo53SuMa8m-R9VTTT1Cc_gllzukt5F1Z3APKvqXOQo40mBdtRQP-hLO6oOybQuvkVRjfmWfG7cgPsCRuAHZbPvt6QtVcxjjddLufWuouDOlEE4XX2Xb6uqxNmRoQ9DYHNEyWfxIuP4pKDwupjlUA52aQJX16FYOZ_Y8ao7NfNvN_0sE2Kl4Uz1G___c8yHrnECA\u0026smid=tw-share","dateline":{"date":"2023-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-07-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"180514","name":"Susan Lozier"},{"id":"189569","name":"AMOC"},{"id":"791","name":"Global Warming"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"},{"id":"183088","name":"physical oceanography"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}