A growing number of research studies warn that the ocean circulation system Amoc could be approaching a tipping point already this century. Something that would lead to severe cooling in Sweden, and that has prompted the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) to begin assessing the risks this could pose to society.
It is difficult to say at this stage how much weight issues relating to the oceans and climate change will carry during the next parliamentary term, but three parties with climate and environmental policies have seen their support grow: the Green Party, the Left Party and the Centre Party.
Is the Gulf Stream on the verge of collapsing and causing chaos in the Earth’s climate? Several high-profile reports have warned that this is about to happen. But this is one of the few climate issues on which the scientific community remains deeply divided. Men frågan är en av få klimatfrågor där forskarvärlden fortfarande är djupt oenig.
