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Scientists are finding growing signs that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation may be weakening, while new modelling reveals what could follow if the system eventually collapses. Researchers have identified changes in the Gulf Stream, the persistent cold region south of Greenland and possible instability within the wider circulation. Separate simulations suggest a shutdown could trigger severe Arctic cooling, major Antarctic warming and the release of deep-ocean carbon back into the atmosphere, turning an Atlantic circulation failure into a much wider planetary disruption.

A 28-year-old laboratory worker has died after reportedly contracting pneumonic plague following an accident at an anti-plague institute in Siberia. The case has triggered a major public-health response, with nearly 200 potential contacts identified, hospital quarantine measures introduced and authorities investigating how the deadly exposure occurred.

Forensic reexaminations of 5,000-year-old skulls indicate over a dozen ancient Egyptian royal attendants met gruesome ends to honor their beloved, deceased pharaohs. The recent findings, detailed in a study published today in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, finally explain a collection of cold cases that have puzzled researchers for nearly a century.