The Gulf Stream is a warm current amidst the cool North Atlantic. But the pattern is hardly uniform.
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One of the strongest ocean currents on Earth ferries heat from the tropics into the far North Atlantic and toward Europe.
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Extreme water temperatures in 2018 fit with a much longer trend in the region, which is among the fastest-warming parts of the global ocean.
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A NASA research analysis shows how much warmer the Earth has grown compared to an averaged base period from 1951 to 1980.
Heat Temperature Extremes
Cool rain and runoff, combined with the overturning of sea water, has cooled off the sea.
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