An AMOC collapse would usher in global weather and climate shifts — including plunging temperatures in Europe, which relies on the current system for its mild conditions.

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The continents of America and Europe are slowly becoming further apart as the Atlantic Ocean gets wider due to forces deep beneath the Earth's crust. By Emily Wright , World News Reporter 04:00 ...

That's because a major ocean current, the Atlantic Meridional Ocean Current (AMOC), which runs from the Gulf of Mexico to about Svalbard, Norway, could cease to run.