Gulf Stream Weakening Will Mean More Severe Weather for Ireland, Study Predicts – Afloat

Ireland is represented in an international team of researchers who have identified a possible link between human-caused climate change and a weakening of the Gulf Stream.
And as The Irish Times reports, a continued weakening of the Atlantic Ocean current system could mean more extreme weather for Ireland and an end to our typically mild climate.
The researchers study, published in journal Nature Geoscience, used a variety of sources to plot the history of the flow of the Gulf Stream: the Atlantic…

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