Posted on Oct 10, 2023

Study Finds Gulf Stream is Warming and Shifting Closer to Shore

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A new study published today in Nature Climate Change now documents that over the past 20 years, the Gulf Stream has warmed faster than the global ocean as a whole and has shifted towards the coast. The study, led by Robert Todd, a physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), relies on over 25,000 temperature and salinity profiles collected between 2001 and 2023.
“The warming we see near the Gulf Stream is due to two combined effects. One is that the ocean is absorbing excess heat from the atmosphere as the climate warms,” said Todd. “The second is that the Gulf Stream itself is gradually shifting towards the coast.”

Study Finds Gulf Stream is Warming and Shifting Closer to Shore

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MSgt Dale Johnson

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IMHO this is part of the warming process weather its a manmade problem or naturally occurring event, everyone has their own opinion. I am more concerned with a different problem that is purely manmade, the amount of plastics that have either accidentally or intentionally dumped into our Oceans and Rivers, its terrible.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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I agree. I see no real evidence that this is anything man made...
As for pollution...that is created by us and can be fixed by us and should be the focus of our efforts, imo

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