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Could the UK actually get colder with global warming?

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Atlantic currents that bring warm water from the tropics to the North Atlantic could weaken.

They are a vital part of our climate system, distributes energy around the planet.

The UN 's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC ) expects Amoc to weaken this century .

But some recent studies have pointed to a growing possibility of Amoc passing a tipping point in the coming decades .

Even the most likely scenario - where Amoc continues to weaken this century - could have serious effects.

While it could take a century or more for impacts to play out, temperatures in northern Europe could fall by a couple of degrees a decade.

In the UK , it could "become horribly, horribly cold like living in northern Norway ".

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