Ocean System Trouble Could Cause Weather Chaos, Study Says

FILE - People swim in the Atlantic Ocean in Biarritz, southwestern France, Oct. 27, 2021. FILE - Sunrise over the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in 2019. (Diaa Bekheet/VOA)

An abrupt shutdown of Atlantic Ocean currents that could put large parts of Europe in a deep freeze is looking a bit more likely and closer than before as a new complex computer simulation finds a "cliff-like" tipping point looming in the future.