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Scientists say huge dam blocking the Bering Strait could slow effects of climate change

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The Earth’s Circulatory System Is Shutting Down. Scientists Have a Plan to Save It.

Before a plan like this can be carried out, scientists will need improved data to create a more accurate projection of what ...
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Could building a dam across the Bering Strait save the planet from some effects of climate change?

Damming the Bering Strait, a narrow waterway between Russia and Alaska, could prevent the collapse of a crucial network of ...
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The outlook for a climate-regulating ocean current is…not good

An ocean current called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation will weaken by 50 percent by 2100. The question is ...

‘In an increasingly unstable world, climate targets have slipped from view’

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Could a Bering Strait dam connect the US and Russia?

‘Audacious’ intercontinental plan to maintain vital ocean currents faces political and environmental obstacles ...

How a 50 mile dam between Russia and Alaska could help regulate Earth’s climate

A new study explores whether a massive Bering Strait dam could stabilise ocean currents and limit severe climate disruption.
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A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing

If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia ...
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Could closing a sea passage between Russia and the US stabilize the Atlantic current? Exploring a radical intervention

A dam in the Bering Strait could potentially help stabilize the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), according to research by Ph.D. candidate Jelle Soons from Utrecht University. Using ...