⛓️ AMOC Monitor: Watchdog of the Atlantic Critical System
The AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is essentially the thermal "operating system" of our planet. This meridional return circulation of the Atlantic functions like a giant conveyor belt that transports warm waters from tropical zones to the North Atlantic.
What is it and why is it vital?
As warm water flows north, it cools, becomes denser (saltier), and sinks near Greenland, returning south through the ocean depths. This cycle is responsible for:
Regulating the climate in Europe: Maintaining temperatures much milder than they should be for our latitude.
Distributing nutrients and oxygen: Essential for deep-sea marine life.
Stabilizing sea level: Especially on the east coast of the USA and in the Atlantic basin.
The Purpose of this Page
The thesis that the AMOC is about to reach a point of no return—or that the "train is already derailing"—requires close and independent monitoring.
This page serves to:
Proximity Records: Manual publication of data extracted via Rust from the daily .nc (NetCDF) files of Ifremer and VIIRS satellites (NOAA).
Anomaly Detection: Real-time observation of the formation of the "Cold Blob" in the North Atlantic, a physical indicator of the slowdown in heat transport.
Trend Analysis: Cross-referencing raw scientific data with visual observations from meteorological models, avoiding the "smoothing" of commercial algorithms.
Technical Note: The values presented here focus on critical latitudes (40.0°N to 60.0°N), where thermal instability becomes most evident before a systemic collapse.
