New research has revealed that the recent slowdown of the Gulf Stream current and the entire 'North Atlantic conveyor belt' is unprecedented in more than a millennium.

Instead, the Gulf Stream delivers a steady flow of heat to the atmosphere near the North Atlantic. As a result, London sees plenty of rain but very little snow.

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Benjamin Franklin and his cousin, Timothy Folger, are credited with naming and mapping the Gulf Stream for the first time—the warm, strong ocean current that pushes northeast from the Gulf of ...

But thanks partly to the Gulf Stream, water warmed by sunshine at the Equator flows up to Europe and moderates its temperatures. “Gulf Stream slowing down is bad news for Ireland,” reads a ...

Modeling of the Gulf Stream’s rate of flow, based on data from a variety of proxy indicators demonstrates a dramatic slowing beginning in the mid-20th century.

Feb. 25 (UPI) --It's been over a millennium since the Gulf Stream System was as weak as it is today. According to a new study, published Thursday in the journal Nature Geoscience, the Atlantic ...

THE results of investigations on the behaviour of the Gulf Stream were communicated to a recent meeting of the American Geographical Union at Washington by Mr. P. E. Church. According to Science ...

This current, also known as the Gulf Stream, brings heat to Europe. As it flows northward and cools, the water mass becomes heavier. By the time it reaches Greenland, it starts to sink and flow ...

Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as Gulf Stream System, has been as weak as in the last decades. Researchers compiled proxy data ...