African climate science-policy has a serious blind spot: the slowing Atlantic circulation

An important ocean circulation system is slowing down faster than expected.

By: Guy Franklin Midgley, Stellenbosch University and Pedro M.S. Monteiro, Stellenbosch University, The Conversation

Outlets: The Conversation

Published: February 10, 2026

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Last Updated: 1 month ago

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By Guy Franklin Midgley, Stellenbosch University and Pedro M.S. Monteiro, Stellenbosch University

The climate fiction movie The Day After Tomorrow, released in 2004, popularised the devastating effects of sudden climate change on planet Earth. The plot dramatises the consequences of a shut-down in an ocean current, and features the Northern Hemisphere plunging, within a few weeks, into an ice age.

The lead character, palaeoclimatologist Jack Hall, uncovers the risk by analysing data revealed in …

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