Reply #19: I'[m not sure we're even talking the same language here; it's not 'exactly' at all [View All]

[muriel_volestrangler]

The Gulf Stream has been shown to be staying the same, over a period of years. It is not 'dissipating'. It has some natural variation, which appears always to have been there. There is no correlation claimed between this variation and any weather effect.

The cold winter in north-west Europe, this winter and last, is due to air currents. These are thought to be due to warmer Arctic waters, which cause higher Arctic atmospheric pressures, which alter the wind direction. If the Gulf Stream were to 'dissipate', ie not send so much warm water north, then it would cool Arctic waters, which would oppose the effect seen.