A 'cold blob' in the Atlantic could be a sign of AMOC shutdown

I really think people are sleeping on the AMOC. The first season there isn't European wine/cheese/olives because of climate change is the first season European farmers probably literally declare war on their governments, to say nothing of the fact that almost no European homes can handle this level of cold.

And for some perspective, this is only one of many other huge changes that huge populations will react violently to in the next 20-50 years. Good luck to us all.

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Post by functionmouse » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:13 PM UTC

voidfunc wrote: post #3

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Thank you. HN should not allow any headlines containing "could", "might", or a question mark at the end. Conjecture is not news.

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Post by camgunz » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:14 PM UTC

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No it's the frog boil effect. It's a staggering amount of change, it's just over a whole human lifetime so most people don't really clock it. Elites are supposed to do something about it, but mostly because of corruption and ideology they aren't.

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Post by albumen » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC

voidfunc wrote: post #3

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And yet millions of people still play the lottery.

I don’t think it’s as simple as uncertainty. Nobody wants to change their lifestyle to avert climate change. People prefer carrots to sticks.

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Post by tomrod » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:15 PM UTC

voidfunc wrote: post #3

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I take it seriously, as do many others. Careful of the bandwagon fallacy or, even worse, the mind projection fallacy.

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Post by giantg2 » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC

camgunz wrote: post #4

I really think people are sleeping on the AMOC. The first season there isn't European wine/cheese/olives because of climate change is the first season European farmers probably literally declare war on their governments, to say nothing of the fact that almost no European homes can handle this level of cold. And for some perspective, this is only one of many other huge changes that huge populations will react violentl…

"The first season there isn't European wine/cheese/olives because of climate change is the first season European farmers probably literally declare war on their governments,"

Unlikely. The government will be the only one who can bail them out.

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Post by pingou » Sun, Jun 14, 2026, 3:18 PM UTC

voidfunc wrote: post #3

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Would it be more scientific to say it is sure it will happen?

I suspect the opposite is happening, too many times an environmental catastrophe has been predicted in too certain terms and has not happened, which is why many people lost trust.

And if you think that we shouldn't try to predict but only inform about what has already happened that seems even stranger to me.