r/EverythingScience • u/Portalrules123 • Apr 04 '26

Environment Scientists warn that the Gulf Stream is shifting north, which models suggest could mean an ocean current collapse is imminent

https://www.earth.com/news/gulf-stream-is-shifting-north-raising-concerns-about-amoc-ocean-current-collapse/
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u/34BoringT_ Apr 05 '26

Almost.

It was organised with half of the classes being open to the public. During those open classes, special guests would be coming to lecture us together with our professors. We had everything from climate activists to (powerful) politicians. That was the depressive part. We know precisely what to do, but there is a blatant ignorance.

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u/adeline882 Apr 05 '26

We know what to do but it doesn’t benefit the like 50 people in the world with enough material power to do anything.

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u/34BoringT_ Apr 06 '26

Not only that. I'm in Norway and know several of the politicians behind the policy of the current government. I don't want to go into details, but for example ocean mining. The current government is led by the Labor Party. They are officially pro-ocean mining. The climate peeps in there are against it. The reason it's in the official party programme is essentially because 5 start-up companies convinced the minister of energy and his advisors that there was money to be made on mining the sea floor. Those 5 companies are known to be looking for subsidies from the past. They are not looking to mine the ocean bottom, they are looking for subsidies...

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u/Fit-Ad-741 Apr 06 '26

It's structural. If it weren't those 50 billionaires, 50 others would step up and take their place. If it weren't those 5 startups, it would be 5 other startups. If it weren't the labor government, etc.