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Gulf Stream Weakened In 'Little Ice Age'
December 1, 2006 @ 12:59 PM (EST)
Source: Nature.com
Source: Nature.com
The Gulf Stream - the ocean current that helps to bring warm weather to much of the North Atlantic region - was significantly weakened during the period known to historians as the Little Ice Age, new research reveals.
The discovery supports the notion that a slowing of ocean currents - as some fear might happen in our future - can have significant consequences for climate...
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