I suggest referencing mass lead poisoning.
Last Summer was bad as well and climate/collapse interest quickly petered out once the Autumn set in. The volume of posts on r/collapse at the time dropped quickly.
The person that taught me the most about the AMOC is the Canadian climatologist, Dr Paul Beckwith. He has been alerting to this topic for several years at least.
Or, another way of looking at it is, they’re embrace of deceit and delusion means they periodically have to fabricate new imaginary dragons to slay. The problem with turning victimhood and grievance into a cult is that you need persecution for it to work. Hence, fabricating opposition. Wokeness is just a way for the elder elite to heap hate on the youth that will inevitably replace them. Constantly reminding everyone that you are a patriotic Christian is just a means to try to seize the higher ground for cultural warfare.