When the Ocean Changes Course

The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) conducts advanced studies exploring big questions of the 21stcentury and beyond. Its research gains insights into Celtic society and its legacy; progresses our understanding of our island, our planet and the universe; and deciphers the underpinning mathematical principles of nature.The Institute leads Ireland’s participation in a number of international and global initiatives that focus on big unanswered questions for mankind.When it was founded in 1940, DIAS was the world’s second-only institute for advanced studies – and the first such institute in Europe. For 80 years, it has pushed the boundaries of discovery and, today, it is a globally-embedded institution that attracts high-calibre researchers from all over the world in its core disciplines of Celtic Studies, Theoretical Physics, Astrophysics and Geophysics. DIAS Dunsink Observatory is a designated European site of historical significance for physics.

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When the Ocean Changes Course: The Threat of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Collapse

DIAS Geophysics welcomes you to our Statutory Public Lecture "When the Ocean Changes Course: The Threat of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Collapse" presented by speaker Dr Gerard McCarthy from Maynooth University.Ireland is a small island downwind of a large ocean. That ocean, the Atlantic, between Ireland and Canada is the only place on earth that has cooled in the past 100 years. Why is this and what are the implications for Ireland?This talk explores the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation or Gulf Stream System, looks at its influence on climate globally and in Ireland, and discusses the contested knowledge about whether this system of ocean currents could cease due to climate change.Following Dr Gerard McCarthy's lecture there will be a panel discussion chaired by Jonathan McCrea, host of Futureproof on Newstalk.There will be a reception hosted in DIAS 10 Burlington Road following the lecture &amp; the panel discussion.Registration for this free event is strongly advised. Admittance at the door may be limited.

When the Ocean Changes Course

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