CO2 Removal Can Contribute To Rapid Cooling

Although the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) is not very weakened at the moment, climate models show that it will be affected by continued global warming. That would give an opposite and cooling effect at northern latitudes. This is shown in a new study.

The results were surprising for the scientists behind the study, Scientist Jörg Schwinger at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research and Research Center AS (NORCE) and Associate Professor Hanna Lee at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Schwinger says that sea ice is affected and reacts directly to the reduction of CO2 and increase of the surface temperature. In periods of cooling, the sea ice will also start to return, but with regrowth of sea ice in both summer and winter, something that could have consequences for many marine ecosystems.

That is reported by Energi og klima.