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Even if the Atlantic’s major ocean current systems were to collapse, they could still be restored, a new report concludes. But we must still take the risk seriously, a researcher warns.

Eye-catching study: It is not too late to avoid a new ice age

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If the major ocean current known as Amoc, which circulates water between the North and South Atlantic and helps keep temperatures in Denmark mild, were to collapse, it could return to full strength.

That is the conclusion of a new research study from the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) just published in the journal Science Advances.

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