The Gulf Stream carries warm water to the Labrador Sea and the Nordic Seas, where it releases heat to the atmosphere and warms Western Europe. The cooler, denser water sinks to great depths to propel currents around the world and eventually circulate water back up to the Gulf Stream. Illustration by Natalie Renier / Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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A new study confirms that the Gulf Stream, a strong current of warm water flowing from the Gulf of Mexico into the Atlantic Ocean, has slowed by 4% in the past 40 years. Further, the study authors came to this conclusion with “virtual certainty” greater than 99%, although the paper doesn’t confirm the cause of…
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