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Potential Solution to AMOC Collapse

Updated 2026-05-09 08:15 UTC 1 source Neutral

Researchers are considering building a vast dam across the Bering Strait to prevent the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) from collapsing, which could plunge northern Europe into a deep freeze.

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New Scientist

A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing

If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia

2026-05-09 07:00 UTC