Exactly that, yes. We rely on the Gulf Stream for our mild climate so, if that goes, we get the extremes in both summer and winter
GelatinGeorge
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If Europe has started experiencing over 40°C heatwaves frequently, then this planet really is fucked
I think you missed the 'massive breadbasket failures' part of my comment. You can't air condition a field of rice. Well, you could, but good luck trying that on the scale needed to feed everyone once crops begin to fail globally.
Tell that to the vast swathes of the globe, including China, due to face lethal wet bulb temperatures within the next 10-20 years. Which, along with mass death, means massive breadbasket failures on multiple fronts. Ain't politicking our way out of this one, chief.
If Europe has started experiencing over 40°C heatwaves frequently, then this planet really is fucked
The AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is now creaking under the weight of all that Pacific heat in the ocean. If that goes - which is looking increasingly likely within the next 25-50 years - then sayonara Gulf Stream and Europe can look forward to what's likely to be extremely sub-zero winter temperatures and soaring summer temperatures.
I'm in the UK and I've bought an extra pair of mitts and a hand fan, so I'll be laughing
The Green Party in the UK recently won a by-election in a fairly small constituency called Gorton and Denton, to the shock of both Labour and Reform.
If Reform had won, I guarantee the UK's response to Trump declaring war on Iran would have been significantly more in line with what Trump expected: i.e. let's get the bombing party started.
Voting does matter. Why do you think so many bad actors are always trying to undermine it?
I hate it when loch?