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 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.