Climate change has weakened the ocean current which drives the Gulf Stream to its lowest ebb for more than 1,000 years. Known formally as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), it is the driving force which brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico up to the UK. Scroll down for videoThe Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the driving force which brings warm water from the Gulf of Mexico up to the UK. Experts warn that by 2100 the Gulf Stream System may weaken by as much as 45 per cent, bringing humanity dangerously close to a 'tipping point' where the vast ocean current becomes unstable. 'Additionally, the AMOC is frequently modelled as having a tipping point below some circulation strength, a point at which the relatively stable overturning circulation becomes unstable or even collapses.

Source: Daily Mail February 25, 2021 19:26 UTC