The Earth's climate is an incredibly complex system, with many input and pressure points. Research has revealed how one unexpected consequence of warming the planet is running the risk of starting a new ice age. Join me as we explore the science behind this worrying claim.
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Sources / Further Reading:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/crippled-atlantic-currents-triggered-ice-age-climate-change
http://www.pik-potsdam.de/~stefan/thc_fact_sheet.html
http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/17802/Exceptional_twentiethcentury_slowdown_in_Atla.pdf
https://phys.org/news/2004-12-shutdown-circulation-pattern-disastrous.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC34299/
https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/deep-atlantic-circulation-during-the-last-glacial-25858002
"Deliberate Thought" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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