Stanley Weinbaum's science fiction horror story "Shifting Seas", written in 1937, describes a Gulf Stream collapse—it just might come true if that current and the rest of AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Oceanic Circulation) collapses. The danger is pointed out in an Open Letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers written by 44 climate scientists—including our guest this week.

The letter notes that the risk of such a change in the circulation of ocean waters has been understated, and should it happen, the effects would be devastating and irreversible. There is still (a little) time to stop it.

Anastasia Romanou of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and Columbia University will be explaining what we know, what is predictable, what still needs to be understood and what that collapse will mean for Europe, Africa and Asia. Water-temperature patterns have already shifted--a ‘cold blob’ has developed over the subpolar Atlantic Ocean and will likely lead to unprecedented extreme weather. There is still a lot that scientists need to study to understand the full impact.

From the letter: “Tipping point risks are real and can occur within the 1.5 - 2°C climate range of the Paris Agreement. The world is currently heading well beyond this range (> 2.5°C). In the In Synthesis report of the IPCC (2023) it is stated with high confidence that the likelihood of abrupt or of irreversible changes in the climate system will increase with the level of global warming, and similarly the probability of outcomes that may be considered low-likelihood but are associated with potentially very large adverse impacts increases. The IPCC further specifies that ‘risks associated with large-scale singular events or tipping points . . . transition to high risk between 1.5°C - 2.5°C’ of global warming.

“A recent OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) report has concluded that "the current scientific evidence unequivocally supports unprecedented, urgent and ambitious climate action to tackle the risks of climate system tipping points.”

For our news section this week we bring you a report on a drought affecting New Jersey’s cranberry harvest, and voters in South Dakota successfully protecting local control over CO2 pipelines.

Our music for you this week is “Waters of the World” composed and performed by Sharon Abreu.

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Join us on Wednesday, Nov 2O, 2024 at 10am EDT to hear about COP29 in Azerbaijan, November 11 - 22.

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