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Scientists Warn Gulf Stream Slowdown Could Begin as Early as 2025


Climate change is not just about global warming but also about varying effects depending on location, including extreme heat and potential changes in ocean currents.

By Kurt Cobb- Apr 15, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT India's heatwave criteria do not consider humidity, leading to an underestimation of heat danger. It turns out that the IMD criteria fail to recognize that temperatures below what is considered a heatwave may be just as dangerous to human health when humidity is high and even be downright life-threatening. There, having lost much of its heat, it turns downward into the Atlantic depths to between 6,000 to 9,000 feet and begins a journey back to the equator and along South America.

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