AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoYounger Dryas mystery: A new look at the last Ice Age’s abrupt chill says northern temperatures flipped downward about 13,000 years ago—within roughly a decade—then echoed for a thousand years as ocean heat transport weakened. Atlantic risk to weather: Today’s concern is similar: research links a slowing Atlantic circulation (AMOC) to changes that could intensify extreme rain patterns, including atmospheric rivers that feed California’s wettest storms. Arctic geopolitics heats up: With Trump’s Greenland threats in the background, Canada is pushing deeper Arctic defense ties with Nordic allies and even consulting on a “Rangers”-style reserve model for local resilience. Regional security ripple: NATO’s northern flank also gets a boost as the UK’s HMS Prince of Wales carrier group reinforces maritime posture in Norway. Cuba tensions: Cuba is reported to be stockpiling Russian and Iranian drones and discussing strikes on U.S. targets amid a tightening U.S. blockade posture.
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