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.
In northern Norway, a few kilometres outside the fishing harbour of Stø in the Vesterålen archipelago, lies the small, unassuming island of Anda. Small it may be, but it boasts one of the largest lighthouses on the Norwegian coast.
