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Atlantic current slowdown raises climate alarm in Europe
Original: A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention.
Politico reports growing European attention to the risk of a major slowdown of Atlantic Ocean currents, which scientists warn could drastically disrupt the continent's climate and way of life. The article frames a potential collapse or weakening of the circulation system as a nightmare scenario, and suggests policymakers in Europe are only now beginning to take the threat seriously.
Why now: Concern is rising over new attention to Atlantic circulation slowdown and its potentially catastrophic impact on Europe's climate
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Evidence
- A climate nightmare lurks in the Atlantic. Europe is starting to pay attention. · POLITICO
A slowdown of ocean currents that would disrupt life on the continent on an unthinkable scale.
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