Re:France experiencing worst drought on record
by rapnie on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @10:18AM
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I remember a geography teacher talking about this decades ago at school. He said to compare Europe's mild climate to Canada's at the same latitude, and that Europe might be a lot colder in winter with the Gulf Stream halted.
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Re:France experiencing worst drought on record
by jacquesm on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @11:30AM
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It would be. Coastal zones (say within 100 km of open sea) would still see some tempering effects but not on the same scale and further inland it would instantly be the same climate as you saw in Poland or Russia 40 years ago. And further East it will be worse still. The Gulf Stream is what keeps Northern Europe habitable.