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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream > The warm water and temperature contrast along the edge of the Gulf Stream

• nerdponx 5y ago
  https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/25/atlantic-ocean-circulation-at-weakest-in-a-millennium-say-scientists https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/25/atlantic... The opposite appears to be true, according to this article at least: > Stefan Rahmstorf, of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, who co-authored the study published on Thursday in Nature Geoscience, told the Guardian that a weakening AMOC would increase the number and severity of storms hitting Britain, and bring more heatwaves to Europe. > He said the circulation had already slowed by about 15%, and the impacts were being seen. “In 20 to 30 years it is likely to weaken further, and that will inevitably influence our weather, so we would see an increase in storms and heatwaves in Europe, and sea level rises on the east coast of the US,” he said. See also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28079665 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28079665
• roter 5y ago
  Not necessarily. The AMOC transports heat poleward in order to balance the net surplus of solar radiation in the tropics and net deficit radiational cooling at the poles. Lessening this pathway may mean other pathways may need to increase to compensate: like storms in the atmosphere.