Thursday, April 12, 2018

The Gulf Stream is the weakest it has been in at least 1,600 years - here's why that's really bad news

The Gulf Stream current, which serves as an important regulator of weather and climate along the Atlantic Ocean, is now the weakest it has been in at least 1,600 years. This dramatic slowing of the current, known as the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc), could usher in extreme shifts in weather patterns, such as more brutal European winters, rapid sea level rise on the American East Coast, and the disruption of essential tropical rainstorms. Suddenly, the 2004 climate-change disaster...

from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/the-gulf-stream-is-the-weakest-it-has-been-in-at-least-1600-years-heres-why-thats-really-bad-news
via Inhabitat

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