Scientists who initially dismissed the 11-year-old film are now saying it may accurate reflect reality.
The result would lead to a sudden cooling in the Euro-Atlantic climate, and the creation of huge storms that would cause big problems for humanity.
While this hasn’t come to fruition yet, scientists think it’s indeed possible for there to be a rapid increase in the ice sheet melting in Greenland, which would lead to one of these tipping points with dire consequences for Europe and North America in particular, but the whole world as well.
The North Atlantic Current is a tremendously powerful warm ocean current that basically continues to Gulf Stream to the northeast, where it splits into two branches, with one going southeast and the other going north along northwestern Europe. It plays a big part in affecting the climate, most scientists believe. Its originator is the Gulf Stream, which begins at the tip of Florida and follows along the eastern coastline.
Some scientists think that a rapid introduction of fresh water from the Greenland ice sheet melting could prevent the vital process of this warm salt water sinking and then returning to the Caribbean, which would interrupt the cycle and result in these dire consequences.
“The Day After Tomorrow” was released in 2004 as a climate fiction disaster film that was produced by Roland Emmerich. It starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Dennis Quaid. The film depicts the drastic effects of a sudden shift in climate that results in global cooling and a new ice age. It was made in Canada and is the highest grossing film ever to be made in the country, pulling in $544 million with a budget of $125 million.
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