A new study has confirmed that the Gulf Stream, a crucial ocean current that helps regulate climate and sea levels, is weakening. The flow of warm water through the Florida Straits has slowed by 4% over the past four decades. This slowdown has significant implications for the world’s climate, and scientists are concerned that it may be a sign of further weakening to come.

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    1 year ago

    Folks in Venice are regularly up to their knees in water already. New Orleans still has 25% less population than it did before Katrina. It’s already affecting major coastal cities in western countries, and even that doesn’t matter.

    This guy got it right: the entire western sociopolitical system is designed to stop this kind of problem from being solved.