"In Europe, we spend €1bn to monitor for asteroids, even if the actual risk -- is close to zero.
But governments don’t commit to spend a fraction of that amount to adequately monitor a threat that is more imminent [and] likely: a major change in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation."
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Today’s monitoring of it may be discontinued
