# World population declining?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 30, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-population-declining/943197 "2021-05-30T00:43:44Z")\
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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Maybe when it gets hots enough that our winters are better.

I would not count on that. The evidence seems to suggest that climate change will increase the extremeness at both ends, rather than trending warmer in winter. Global warming is a mean, across both miles and months. One other thing to consider is the [collapse of the AMOC](https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/09/climate/atlantic-circulation-collapse-weather-climate/index.html), which transports tropical warmth to more northerly climes. When it stalls out, the north sea will probably ice over in winter (which it has not done in a very long time), which will mitigate warming just a tad but probably cause other problems.

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