Indifference

Indifference 

There is a global oceanic current system
known as Amoc. An acronym that stands for
– Atlantic Meriodonal Overturning Circulation.
Amoc has no view on meeting spending limits.
It makes no jibes about what percentage constitutes a woman. 
Amoc is unconcerned with fickle memories of old men, 
which redrawn ancient borders are the right ones, 
or whose children have been left to scream in abject terror. 
Amoc is a vast conveyor belt, driving ocean currents. 
These carry heat, carbon and nutrients, from the Tropics 
to the Arctic Circle. A natural, churning force, moving energy 
around the earth. One day, the way it works will change. 
Influenced by us. This may happen soon. Scientists do not know 
exactly when. Maybe a century, maybe before. But shift it will. 
And when it does. The world we know will be unmade. 
Seasons flipped. Sea levels rising. In some places, temperatures 
will soar, in others, they will plummet. We won’t cope. 
And Amoc still won’t stop, or venture an opinion.


Atlantic Ocean circulation nearing ‘devastating’ tipping point, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-finds

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