Iceland Sees Security Risk, Existential Threat in Atlantic Ocean Current’s Possible Collapse: Ice Age Ahead
A potential collapse of AMOC could trigger a modern-day ice age, with winter temperatures across Northern Europe plummeting to new cold extremes, bringing far more snow and ice. The AMOC has collapsed in the past, notably before the last Ice Age that ended about 12,000 years ago. https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-11-12/iceland-sees-security-risk-existential-threat-in-atlantic-ocean-currents-possible-collapse