BlindBeard t1_j9d7yoo wrote on February 21, 2023 at 1:43 AM

Reply to comment by GlugGlugBurp in Study: New England Is Warming Up Faster Than The Rest Of The World by ha1r_of_thedog

I've read some (what I assume are watered down accounts of something else) things saying that climate change is weakening the gulf stream. Where it would normally go all the way across the Atlantic and make the weather in the UK area wet and mild with warm water from the Gulf of Mexico, it's ending around New England leaving that warm water off the coast here to a similar effect. Also would account for that same part of Europe to be experiencing the unprecedented cold winters they're experiencing. For example it historically doesn't get that cold in Ireland so it's easy to forget its at the same latitude as Newfoundland. If it's a trend that continues (and what I skimmed turns out to even be true) we're in for even worse summers here and winter's gonna get real fucking cold in the UK and Ireland.

GlugGlugBurp t1_j9ddg7u wrote on February 21, 2023 at 2:26 AM

so you are saying NE and the area just east of here (ocean) has become a warm spot. a spot that has shifted from being over the UK which would account for why they have been historically so rainy. and the UK area will now get colder winters?

BlindBeard t1_j9di1ap wrote on February 21, 2023 at 3:02 AM

That's what I gathered from what I read, yes. It makes as much sense to me as any other theory but I suppose I could be bothered to do the bare minimum of due diligence...tomorrow :D I'm going to bed

squarerootofapplepie t1_j9duqyl wrote on February 21, 2023 at 4:52 AM

So before the Gulf Stream can weaken climate change is making it more unstable, it’s migrated northward in the last 15 years and is spilling warm water over George’s Bank while cutting off the Labrador Current. Since we’re surrounded by ocean changes in ocean temperature have a big effect on our air temperatures as well.