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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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[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Britain and Iceland are utterly fucked.

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The good news is that Iceland won't have to go around apologizing for its name anymore.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Greenland still will be inaccurate though, unless the Arctic decides to just melt.

[–] TheSaus@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 points 1 year ago

At this point i would honestly just shrug it off, what else is new lol

[–] palordrolap@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe the warming and freezing will cancel out and the much smaller islands that will be left after the sea levels rise will still be temperate and worth living on.

Edit: This is not an "I'm alright, Jack" comment. I'd rather this wasn't even a vague possibility and that the planet wasn't warming out of control.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe the warming and freezing will cancel out and the much smaller islands that will be left after the sea levels rise will still be temperate and worth living on.

Maybe, but food and water will be extremely scarce. We can't all just up and move. You and I will almost certainly die of starvation.

[–] Squids@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So's Norway - quite a few places on the west coast (the most inhabited non-Oslo part of the country) rely on the fact that the gulf stream keeps them unusually warm for their latitude

I'm already seeing things that would normally grow fine out in the garden suffer from abnormally late and early frosts and mild summers. Rip my tomatos and onions. Everyone's complaining about 20+ degree springs in the mainland while I'm screaming that it's still snowing in late May.

[–] bloopernova@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Oof, I'm sorry to hear about your veggies :(

I hope it doesn't collapse, it would mean a lot of displaced people and loss of life.