Expert insights into the health and societal risks of a potential AMOC collapse in Europe: Focus on Germany

Juliane Mirow

doi:10.1371/journal.pclm.0000735

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Expert insights into the health and societal risks of a potential AMOC collapse in Europe: Focus on Germany

Juliane Mirow

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: juliane.mirow@posteo.eu

Affiliations Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University (CHARM-European University), Utrecht, the Netherlands, Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit (KLUG) e.V., Berlin, Germany

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5963-6221

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Expert insights into the health and societal risks of a potential AMOC collapse in Europe: Focus on Germany

Juliane Mirow

Published: April 1, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000735

About the Authors

Juliane Mirow

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: juliane.mirow@posteo.eu

Affiliations Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University (CHARM-European University), Utrecht, the Netherlands, Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit (KLUG) e.V., Berlin, Germany

https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5963-6221

Competing Interests

The author declares that no competing interests exist.

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