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This circulation brings warm water from tropical regions towards the Arctic, influencing Europe's climate. The research, published in the journal Science Advances, indicated that the AMOC might slow significantly with a substantial rise in global temperature but would recover if warming were reversed. However, the study cautioned that the Greenland ice sheet, a factor in the AMOC's weakening due to freshwater runoff, is not restorable once melted."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While the study found no evidence of an irreversible tipping point leading to a collapse of the AMOC, it noted that a disrupted system could still lead to destabilised global rainfall patterns and faster coastal sea-level rise. Researchers estimated that melting of the Greenland ice sheet following a 1.5C temperature increase could result in approximately 20cm of long-term sea-level rise. The study's lead author, Chuncheng Guo, stated that recovery of the AMOC could take centuries even after temperatures fall, and that preventing warming in the first place is a safer strategy than relying on future cooling."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on tipping points"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Previous studies have suggested the possibility of an irreversible tipping point for the AMOC. However, the Danish Meteorological Institute study found no sign of such a point, stating that the circulation gradually weakens but immediately regains strength if global warming is reversed. Lead author Chuncheng Guo said, \"In our model, we do not see a tipping point leading to a collapse.\""},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the left-rated reports ran this story. The right-rated reports did not mention the specific journal in which the study was published (Science Advances), nor did they include the specific figure for the AMOC's potential slowdown to around 6 million cubic metres of water per second from 17 million at around 7 degrees Celsius of global warming. 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