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AMOC Collapse: Impacts and Uncertainties | Maya Ben-Yami | ClimTip Webinar

🛑 What happens if Earth's major climate regulating ocean current system collapses—and how close are we to that tipping point? In this ClimTip webinar, Maya Ben-Yami—doctoral researcher at the Technical University of Munich and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research—dives into the latest science behind the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). This vast ocean conveyor belt transports heat and salt northwards helping regulate global climate, but its stability is under increasing scrutiny. Ben-Yami explores three key questions: • What would a collapse of the AMOC actually mean—especially for tropical monsoon systems? • Are we already seeing signs that AMOC is nearing a tipping point? • And can we realistically predict when this might happen? With a sharp focus on both the science and the uncertainty, this talk brings nuance to an urgent topic—examining critical slowing down, the use of observational “fingerprints” like sea surface temperatures, and the limits of what models and data can really tell us. 🔔 Key Topics Covered: • Impacts of AMOC collapse for monsoon systems • Early-warning signals and the evidence since 1850 • How reliable are the fingerprints we use to track AMOC stability? • Can we predict a collapse—and what are the limitations of that effort? 🎓 Speaker Bio Maya Ben-Yami is a doctoral researcher in the CriticalEarth H2020 Innovative Training Network, jointly hosted by the Technical University of Munich and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. Her research focuses on the dynamics and predictability of AMOC using both observational and model data. Before her PhD, she worked on exoplanet atmospheres and contributed to ESA’s FORUM mission. 📅 Webinar recorded on April 1, 2025 🎵 Music: iMovie Theme Music – Modern 🖼️ Image credit (Thumbnail and Opening slide): Photo by Graham Pengelly on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/@grahampengelly_ https://unsplash.com/photos/ocean-wav... #ClimTip #AMOC #ClimateTippingPoints #Monsoons #OceanCirculation #ClimateChange #AtlanticOcean #CriticalSlowingDown #ClimateScience Follow ClimTip! 🔔 Subscribe:    / @climtip   📸 Instagram:   / climtip   🌐 LinkedIn:   / climtip   💬 Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/climtip.bsky... ClimTip is a Horizon Europe project dedicated to advancing research on climate tipping points and exploring what they mean for policy, governance, and planetary resilience. Funded by the European Union | Grant Agreement No. 101137601 More: https://www.climate-tipping-points.eu