I'd love to say I can't believe this is a real headline, but in today's world, this is just more of the same from the mainstream media.
Oh yes, global warming, or cooling, or - uhh, let's just call it climate change - could make England colder.
This headline is like one of those typos you see in a scam email, just sitting there to assure the scammer that even though they've made an error, they've still got their victim in the bag, hook, line, and sinker. But let's examine at least some of the details inside this "news" article:
Of all the possible climate futures, there's a scenario where the United Kingdom and north-west Europe buck the trend of global warming and instead face plunging temperatures and freezing winters.
It's not the most likely outcome, but a number of scientists fear that the chance of it happening is growing, and that the consequences would be so great that it deserves proper consideration.
So they don't know north-west Europe will become a frozen wonderland, but they at least wanted to get this satirical headline out so people could make fun of it.
More:
The system of Atlantic currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc), is a key reason why the UK is warmer than Moscow, despite being a similar distance from the Equator.
Forming a vital part of our climate system, this conveyor belt distributes energy around the planet, bringing warm, salty water from the tropical Atlantic to cooler regions south of Greenland and Iceland, and also the Nordic Seas.
The warmth from the ocean is transferred to the air above it, helping keep temperatures milder than they otherwise would be.
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But Amoc appears to be getting weaker.
We don't know for sure, because direct and continuous measurements of Amoc strength have only been taken since 2004. That's not long enough to be able to identify a definite change.
But indirect evidence suggests it could have already slowed by around 15% over the last couple of centuries, although not all scientists agree.
So again, they think this might be what's happening, but scientists just don't agree. What scientists do agree on, however, is how incredibly embarrassing this headline is to the "global warming is real" crowd.
BBC, keep the satirical headlines coming!
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