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It’s Definitive – The Gulf Stream Is Weakening (www.iflscience.com)

submitted 1 year ago by tangentzeroee@lemm.ee to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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The Gulf Stream plays a significant role in maintaining the climate of the US East Coast and Western Europe. "We conclude with a high degree of confidence that Gulf Stream transport has indeed slowed by about 4% in the past 40 years." The full study is Here

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[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course, all of that northern ice melting and turning into water must have nothing to do with how water moves in oceans.

[–] BubblyMango@lemmy.wtf -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably does - but it was disappointing the article did not give any expert's explanation on the matter. Why is it so wrong to state that those details are missing from the article?

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The issue isn't that you stated the details are missing, but how you did it.