▲ 105 ▼ Critical Atlantic current significantly more likely to collapse than thought | Scientists say finding is ‘very concerning’ as collapse would be catastrophic for Europe, Africa and the Americas (www.theguardian.com) submitted 4 months ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net 15 comments fedilink hide all child comments The paper is here
[–] grue@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago (1 child) Every few years there's a headline like this. ... Not because people are dredging up old news, but because the collapse estimate keeps getting revised to be sooner. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not sooner so much as more likely. We're into the 40% to 50% range now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's kinda the same thing. The curve of probability over time is shifting closer to the present (faster than we approach it through the normal passage of time). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 1 point 4 months ago And the model gets refined making the predictions more accurate and reliable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) Not sooner so much as more likely. We're into the 40% to 50% range now permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's kinda the same thing. The curve of probability over time is shifting closer to the present (faster than we approach it through the normal passage of time). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 1 point 4 months ago And the model gets refined making the predictions more accurate and reliable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (1 child) It's kinda the same thing. The curve of probability over time is shifting closer to the present (faster than we approach it through the normal passage of time). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 1 point 4 months ago And the model gets refined making the predictions more accurate and reliable. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 1 point 4 months ago And the model gets refined making the predictions more accurate and reliable. permalink fedilink source parent