Scientists have warned that the Earth could be hit by flash floods and a giant freeze as the Gulf Stream is on the verge of collapsing.
The film ‘The Day After Tomorrow’, which sees the climate catastrophe occurring, could well become a reality. The Gulf Stream has been declining for more than 100 years, with experts from the University of California, Riverside, now predicting it won’t be long before we see entire cities engulfed by ice and snow.
Professor Wei Liu, an author of the study, said: “This work shows the AMOC has been weakening for more than a century. That trend is likely to continue if greenhouse gases keep rising.”
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