North Atlantic Current
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The North Atlantic Current (North Atlantic Drift and the North Atlantic Sea Movement) is a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast. West of Ireland it splits in two. One branch (the Canary Current) goes south while the other continues north along the coast of northwestern Europe where it has a considerable warming influence on the climate. Other branches include the Irminger Current and the Norwegian Current. Driven by the global Thermohaline Circulation (THC) the North Atlantic Current is also often considered part of the wind-driven Gulf Stream which goes further east and north from the North American coast, across the Atlantic and into the Arctic Ocean.
There has been speculation that Climate change, especially global warming, may have a significant effect on the current.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Scientists Back Off Theory of a Colder Europe in a Warming World" article by Walter Gibbs in the New York Times May 15, 2007
- The North Atlantic Current. Elizabeth Rowe, Arthur J. Mariano, Edward H. Ryan, The Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies
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