This is all part of Earth's cycle. As the atmosphere warms, it melts the ice caps, forcing fresh water into the ocean and into the AMOC. As the AMOC continues to get inundated with fresh water, it cools down and eventually "stops." The current doesn't actually stop moving, it just moves so slow that it loses almost all warmth. As this occurs, the atmospheric temp begins to cool down because the cooler Atlantic and Pacific Oceans can't produce the higher humidity rates that help keep the planet warmer. The storm seasons shorten, and the planet cools down. The ice pack grows, we slide into an ice age, and the cycle repeats.
The problem with articles like this is that they ALWAYS fail to say how long the timelines are. This process takes thousands of years to play out. It'll be another 5-10 generations until Earth is actually under a full on ice age.
And for anyone that may get a little stressed out by the potential doom of our descendants, humanity has survived at least one ice age, most likely two, and with technology a helluva lot less advanced than our own.
We went from the horse/buggy and wind powered sails to nuclear powered vessels and space flight in under 160 yrs after the start of the Industrial Age. We're on th verge of some major technological breaktheoighs that will see us attain long term space flight, so tell the doomers not to worry too much. Besides, they and at least 4 generations of descendants will be long dead before the next ice age.
The Younger Dryas happened 13,000 years ago, the precession of earth is a 26,000 year cycle. If you live in Montana and plan on living be 13,000 years old I'd recommend moving south to New Mexico or further. I plan on living only 40 or so years more and have no children so climate change is a big can of NMP (not my problem).
This is all part of Earth's cycle. As the atmosphere warms, it melts the ice caps, forcing fresh water into the ocean and into the AMOC. As the AMOC continues to get inundated with fresh water, it cools down and eventually "stops." The current doesn't actually stop moving, it just moves so slow that it loses almost all warmth. As this occurs, the atmospheric temp begins to cool down because the cooler Atlantic and Pacific Oceans can't produce the higher humidity rates that help keep the planet warmer. The storm seasons shorten, and the planet cools down. The ice pack grows, we slide into an ice age, and the cycle repeats.
The problem with articles like this is that they ALWAYS fail to say how long the timelines are. This process takes thousands of years to play out. It'll be another 5-10 generations until Earth is actually under a full on ice age.
And for anyone that may get a little stressed out by the potential doom of our descendants, humanity has survived at least one ice age, most likely two, and with technology a helluva lot less advanced than our own. We went from the horse/buggy and wind powered sails to nuclear powered vessels and space flight in under 160 yrs after the start of the Industrial Age. We're on th verge of some major technological breaktheoighs that will see us attain long term space flight, so tell the doomers not to worry too much. Besides, they and at least 4 generations of descendants will be long dead before the next ice age.
I have told this to my wife so many times it’s now her go to when someone brings up climate change. “It’s just a cycle, calm down” lol
The Younger Dryas happened 13,000 years ago, the precession of earth is a 26,000 year cycle. If you live in Montana and plan on living be 13,000 years old I'd recommend moving south to New Mexico or further. I plan on living only 40 or so years more and have no children so climate change is a big can of NMP (not my problem).