Dr Jane McCarthy
@drjanemc.bsky.social
Sociologist and activist. Main interests: mortality, death and its aftermath; climate and ecological emergency; social justice at home (UK) and internationally; ‘decolonising’; immunocompromised. Mother and grandmother, love walking in the Chilterns.
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📢 New paper on the impacts of AMOC collapse on European hydroclimate. 🌊
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
We find an AMOC collapse would exacerbate drought conditions across Europe, linked to reduced precipitation. In combination with climate change droughts are expected to become more frequent and severe.
doi.org/10.5194/hess...
Changing European hydroclimate under a collapsed AMOC in the Community Earth System Model
Abstract. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is expected to weaken or even collapse under anthropogenic climate change. Given the importance of the AMOC in the present-day climate,...
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM