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It’s Definitive – The Gulf Stream Is Weakening (www.iflscience.com)

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The Gulf Stream plays a significant role in maintaining the climate of the US East Coast and Western Europe. "We conclude with a high degree of confidence that Gulf Stream transport has indeed slowed by about 4% in the past 40 years." The full study is Here

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Am I a joke to you?" - Nuclear power in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

they still have it? huh. I thought nuclear wasnt green enough for the EU

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's just Germany. I don't think the anti-nuclear sentiment is that popular elsewhere. Finland just started a new reactor, granted we began bulding it already back in 2005.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

France is still gangster with it. But the rest of Europe pretends that it's greener to buy oil from Russia.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

It's not green enough for the ecofascists who'd rather have coal than nuclear, but we still have nuclear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Nuclear plants need water to cool. This would also make Western Europe drier.