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Understanding the Gulf Stream and Its Critical Role The Gulf Stream is a powerful ocean current that transports warm surface water from the Gulf of Mexico, moving it northward across the Atlantic towards Europe. This current plays a vital role in regulating global weather patterns, particularly keeping northern and western Europe relatively temperate. However, recent […]

In June, a stark warning was issued by over 60 climate scientists: at the current rate of emissions, the remaining “carbon budget” to avoid exceeding a critical warming threshold could be depleted in a mere three years. This raises a crucial question: if we surpass the 1.5-degree-Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warming threshold, is a climate […]

As many as 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the recent two-week heatwave, bleak new research has found. British scientists studying the 10 days to July 2, and looking at cities including London, Madrid, Barcelona and Milan, found climate change had increased temperatures by as much as 4 degrees Celsius, […]