Ocean News 12: What Will Happen if the AMOC Collapses? Europe to enter New Ice Age? #DWBC Reversed?
Episode 12: AMOC Ice Age…
What will happen if the AMOC Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Collapses? Is Europe facing a new Ice Age? What is the #DWBC Direct Western Boundary Current and why did it reverse in the Southern Atlantic? How has the slowing down of the AMOC affected the Amazon Rain forest? We look over a model of a potential complete AMOC collapse.
We highlight how the D2 CTD Profiler could benefit the scientists studying the AMOC to gather better data and enhance their operational capacity. https://www.d-2.com/ctd_profiler_ocean/
In other news we take a look at 4 WAM‑V 22 Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USV) by Ocean Power Technologies. We hear a report from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute about Zooplankton and how they study it in the Ocean. A National University of Singapore octopus robot makes its debut on Ocean News. SEAmagine 2-person submersible DEEP-C video was shown from the Maldives.
200+ Novel new giant viruses were detected in the Ocean using AI and BEREN. A WHOI listening party using buoys looking for marine life such as right whales was shown. The final story was a look at the odd radio signals detected in Antarctica from deep under the ice. They believe these radio anomalies are caused by signals they cannot yet detect.
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Show Notes Ocean News 12:
Southern Current Reverses DWBC Deep Western Boundary Current: https://www.intellinews.com/southern-ocean-current-reverses-for-first-time-signalling-risk-of-climate-system-collapse-389540/
AMOC showing warning signs: https://www.iflscience.com/the-atlantics-major-circulation-current-is-showing-worrying-signs-but-is-collapse-near-79858
AMOC and the Amazon: https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/addb62
What would happen if the #AMOC collapsed? https://www.carbonbrief.org/ocean-current-collapse-could-trigger-profound-cooling-in-northern-europe-even-with-global-warming/
Unmanned Vessel for Navy: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nato-maritime-command_wearenato-activity-7340738727700299779-xrZV
Octopus Robot: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/theermann_octopus-like-robot-that-swims-with-impressive-ugcPost-7335769239108116482-nHil
Shallow dives: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/charles-kohnen-9b92ba2_seamagine-submersibles-oceanexploration-ugcPost-7340376575390949376-xSEs
Giant Viruses in the Ocean: https://astrobiology.com/2025/06/230-new-giant-viruses-discovered-that-shape-earths-oceans.html
Odd radio signals in the Antarctic: https://phys.org/news/2025-06-strange-radio-pulses-ice-antarctica.html
Listening party: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/woods-hole-oceanographic-institution_whoi-activity-7343001505630724096-kt0x