That makes a lot of sense, thanks!
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groet@feddit.org 1 week ago
Europe is a lot warmer than it should be because of the gulf stream that brings warm water from the equator. If you look at the same latitute in north america/Asia the climate will be a lot cooler there.
South america on the other hand is cooler than it should be simply by latitude because of the humbold current and the Antarctic ocean.
So you are comparing the warmest point with the coldest one at the same latitude (mirrored on the southern hemisphere)
boonhet@lemm.ee 1 week ago
FourPacketsOfPeanuts@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Bit of an urban legend apparently. Despite the gulf stream transporting warm water it is nowhere near enough to explain the difference. Richard Seager et al quantitatively put its contribution at around 30% of the difference. The bulk cause is actually air currents and the different topography between Europe and N America. In other words, if there were no gulf stream the ‘warm Europe’ phenomena would still be very much noticeable.
Sources:
academia.edu/…/Is_the_Gulf_Stream_responsible_for… (free)
www.jstor.org/stable/27858802?read-now=1 (free after registration)
Discussion here: …stackexchange.com/…/why-is-europe-warmer-than-no…
groet@feddit.org 1 week ago
Interesting, I’ll look into this.