Slower Gulf Stream to enhance warming For years, the prospect of slowing down of the Gulf Stream has worried many experts. Some experts believed that it would cause a rapid cooling around the world with resultant global chaos. However, according to a new study, the Gulf Stream go-slow will have a significant influence on planetary temperatures, but not in a chilled out way. Researchers said that a slower current will transfer less heat down to the deep oceans. It means more will enter into the atmosphere. Fears over the fate of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) has graphically illustrated in the 2004 film ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. It based on a sudden collapse of the Amoc which caused by global warming leading to a disastrous freezing and the dawning of a new ice age. Prof Ka-Kit Tung from the University of Washington told that “The headlines have said that the Gulf Stream is collapsing and the Ice Age is coming sooner than scientists think”. “The answer from our work is no to both of them.” The Gulf Stream is a powerful ocean current. It is a part of the Amoc. Also, it flows from the Gulf of Mexico, around Florida and up along the east coast of the US. Then, it moves the Atlantic towards Ireland, the UK, and Europe.
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