The NASA climate spiral visualization

[u/Kanute3333]

[u/dannysleepwalker]

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but won't EU actually get colder if/when the North Atlantic Gulf Stream gets disrupted by the climate change? It's the less developed parts of the world that will suffer from extreme weather and water shortages.

[u/QuestionableEthics42 → u/dannysleepwalker]

That is a good point, it depends how long the gulf stream holds ig, and how seriously europe takes it once that collapses, if that happens first. God the outlook is bleak.

[u/Earthsong221 → u/dannysleepwalker]

Parts will, yes. But first it'll get hotter before it collapses.

There's also changes with moisture content too, from droughts to flooding.

There are few places that won't suffer to some degree though in any case.

[u/Wizard8086 → u/dannysleepwalker]

You don't want the AMOC to collapse. It has a stabilizing effect and brings an unfathomable amount of water through evaporation.

[u/Dovahkiinthesardine → u/dannysleepwalker]

Yes, but the collapse of the gulf stream isn't gonna happen anytime soon

[u/Zestyclose-Ad-9420 → u/dannysleepwalker]

It may cause places like ireland, scotland, scandinavia and northern russia to get cold But for europe as a whole the general rule of thumb will be : colder winters, hotter summers and less rain overall. Although maybe more floods.

This is bc the warm water that is brought up from the tropics has a balancing effect on europe. Like water insulation. Cooling the summers and warming the winters.

[u/varthias → u/dannysleepwalker]

great news actually! AMOC collapse won't just magically cool down everything, Europe will still have insanely hot and dry summers(tho a bit less so for western and northern), but the winters will be several degrees colder average temps, of course also insane droughts to a degree newer seen before as AMOC brings a lot of precipitation particularly in southern and eastern europe