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Atlantic Ocean currents weaken, signaling big weather changes - study

LONDON (Reuters) - The Atlantic Ocean's current system, an engine of the Northern Hemsiphere's climate, could be weakening to such an extent that it could soon bring big changes to the world's weather, a scientific study said on Thursday.

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a large system of ocean currents which transports warm water from the tropics northwards into the North Atlantic.

As the atmosphere warms due to increased greenhouse gas emissions, the surface ocean beneath retains more of heat. A potential collapse of the system could have severe consequences for the world's weather systems.

Climate models have shown that the AMOC is at its weakest in more than a 1,000 years. However, it has not been known whether the weakening is due to a change in circulation or it is to do with the loss of stability.

The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, said the difference is crucial.

"The loss of dynamical stability would imply that the AMOC has approached its critical threshold, beyond which a substantial and in practice likely irreversible transition to the weak mode could occur," said Niklas Boers at the Potstdam Insitute for Climate Impact Research and author of the study.

By analysing the sea-surface temperature and salinity patterns of the Atlantic Ocean, the study said the weakening of the last century is likely to be associated with a loss of stability.

"The findings support the assessment that the AMOC decline is not just a fluctuation or a linear response to increasing temperatures but likely means the approaching of a critical threshold beyond which the circulation system could collapse," Boers said.

If the AMOC collapsed, it would increase cooling of the Northern Hemisphere, sea level rise in the Atlantic, an overall fall in precipitation over Europe and North America and a shift in monsoons in South America and Afria, Britain's Met Office said.

Other climate models have said the AMOC will weaken over the coming century but that a collapse before 2100 is unlikely.

(Reporting by Nina Chestney; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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Dems' online fundraising platform halts donations for Cuomo

ActBlue, the Democratic party's online fundraising platform, has stopped processing donations for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The move comes after an investigation from New York's Attorney General that said he sexually harassed 11 women and as the state Assembly's judiciary committee said its impeachment investigation into the governor is nearly complete.

"You have attempted to make a contribution to a fundraising page that has no active recipients: either the page's owner has removed all committees or organizations from the page, or we have concluded processing contributions for these committees or organizations," a fundraising page for Cuomo reads.

The fundraising organization confirmed they had made the decision to stop processing donations to him. Cuomo's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

New York's governorship is up for election in 2022 and Cuomo said in May 2019 that he was planning to run for a fourth term. During the pandemic, Cuomo became known on the national stage. But earlier this year, he faced accusations of sexual harassment, leading to Attorney General Letitia James to open an investigation into the allegations. James announced earlier this week that the investigation had concluded Cuomo had "sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law."

Since James' investigation was released, local, state and national politicians — including President Biden — have said Cuomo should resign. Further, the state Assembly had begun an impeachment inquiry in March, and said on Thursday that it expected to wrap it up soon.

ActBlue's decision cuts off grassroots, small-dollar donations to Cuomo. Since ActBlue's founding in 2004, it has been a vital fundraising tool for Democrats.

In August 2020, ActBlue shut down the fundraising page for a 19-year-old state House nominee in Kansas who admitted to circulating revenge porn. Coleman tweeted a statement from ActBlue that said he is "out of alignment with ActBlue's mission."