Study: Gulf Stream System is the weakest it's been in 1,000 years
It's been over a millennium since the Gulf Stream System was as weak as it is today.
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It's been over a millennium since the Gulf Stream System was as weak as it is today.
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. This is the result of a new study by scientists from Ireland, Britain and Germany. The researchers compiled proxy data, reaching back hundreds of years to reconstruct the AMOC flow history. They found consistent evidence that its slowdown in the 20th century is unprecedented in the past millennium.
The North Atlantic currents which help to warm north-west Europe have slowed significantly since the last century, scientists confirm.