• MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
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    27 days ago

    Gulf stream is the teleconnection. It transports summer heat of Mexico to europe winter, major factor to mild climate in europe. With all the hubub about it weaking due to climate change, i thought this was common knowledge. Guess more in europe?

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      27 days ago

      Look at something like this and it’s pretty clear that the impact of this year’s events aren’t obvious like that. Not impossible, but I don’t think I’ve seen what you’re describing.

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        27 days ago

        Thanks for the map, but it is, more or less.

        The Gulf Stream influences the climate of the coastal areas of the East Coast of the United States from Florida to southeast Virginia (near 36°N latitude), and to a greater degree, the climate of Northwest Europe. A consensus exists that the climate of Northwest Europe is warmer than other areas of similar latitude at least partially because of the strong North Atlantic Current.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Stream

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          27 days ago

          Yes, but that’s very different from saying “I can discern an change in behavior of European weather based on what this storm did”