Scenario That Opens 'The Day After Tomorrow' Actually Not That Far-Fetched, Research Finds

(function(){var src_url="https://spshared.5min.com/Scripts/PlayerSeed.js?playList=518728323&height=&width=100&sid=577&origin=SOLR&videoGroupID=155847&relatedNumOfResults=100&responsive=true&ratio=wide&align=center&relatedMode=2&relatedBottomHeight=60&companionPos=&hasCompanion=false&autoStart=false&colorPallet=%23FFEB00&videoControlDisplayColor=%23191919&shuffle=0&isAP=1&pgType=cmsPlugin&pgTypeId=addToPost-top&onVideoDataLoaded=track5min.DL&onTimeUpdate=track5min.TC&onVideoDataLoaded=HPTrack.Vid.DL&onTimeUpdate=HPTrack.Vid.TC";if (typeof(commercial_video) == "object") {src_url += "&siteSection="+commercial_video.site_and_category;if (commercial_video.package) {src_url += "&sponsorship="+commercial_video.package;}}var script = document.createElement("script");script.src = src_url;script.async = true;var placeholder = document.querySelector(".js-fivemin-script");placeholder.parentElement.replaceChild(script, placeholder);})(); The 2004 blockbuster movie "The Day After Tomorrow" is all about the disastrous effects of the collapse of a massive temperature-driven ocean circulation system. Although the system -- known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation system -- is real, researchers said at the time that the movie wasn't based in facts.  But according to research published last week in the journal Nature Scientific Reports, the effects dreamed up in the movie may actually be more possible than in...
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