Scenario That Opens 'The Day After Tomorrow' Actually Not That Far-Fetched, Research Finds

[LiberalArkie]

The 2004 blockbuster movie "The Day After Tomorrow" is all about the disastrous effects of the collapse of a massive temperature-driven ocean circulation system. Although the system -- known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation system -- is real, researchers said at the time that the movie wasn't based in facts.

But according to research published last week in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, the effects dreamed up in the movie may actually be more possible than initially thought.

The AMOC helps warm Europe and the East Coast by bringing Caribbean waters northward and shifting cooler waters south. Should the AMOC collapse, especially in light of the broader impacts of global climate change, the report finds that parts of the Earth would actually cool for a period of 15 to 20 years. A lot like it did in the movie.

"The basic scenario of the AMOC as a result of global warming is not completely out of the blue or unthinkable," study author Sybren Drijfhout told The Washington Post, describing a situation wherein temperatures in Europe could drop and sea levels on the East Coast of the U.S. could rise up to 3 feet.



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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/day-after-tomorrow-reseach-climate-change_561bd2a2e4b0e66ad4c88cfd

[highprincipleswork]

1. This scenario was discussed a very possible as far back as 1969.

Just goes to show how quick we are as a species to respond.

Let's hope it's soon enough.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

2. I saw that movie in a theater in an area with large Latino population.

(Well, Chicago, duh)

The crowd burst in to cheers at the scene with Americans climbing the fence trying to get in to Mexico.

Lol. I still laugh.