Study Proposes Dam Across Bering Strait to Prevent AMOC Collapse
A recent study by Jelle Soons and Henk Dijkstra from the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research at Utrecht University explores the feasibility of constructing a 55-mile-long dam across the Bering Strait between Russia and Alaska. The study, published in Science Advances, suggests that such a dam could help prevent the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), a crucial component of global ocean circulation. The AMOC is driven by temperature and salinity differences, and its collapse could lead to significant climate changes in northern Europe and increased ocean levels along the east coast of the United States. The Bering Strait serves as a gateway for fresh water from the Pacific Ocean into the Arctic Ocean, and damming it could alter the balance of fresh and salty water, potentially stabilizing the AMOC. 
