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The Gulf Stream is a current of warm water that has enough warmth left after crossing the Atlantic Ocean to make the climate of the UK mild and wet. If the current ever changed course, and missed the UK entirely, the climate of the UK would change.
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The keeps the climate of Great Britain warmer than it would normally be?
The Gulf stream carries warm water towards the British isles. Also, because water takes longer to change temperature than air, it takes away heat from air that is hotter than it is, and gives away heat to air that is cooler than it is.
What keeps climate of great Britain warmer than it would be normally?
The Gulf stream carries warm water towards the British isles. Also, because water takes longer to change temperature than air, it takes away heat from air that is hotter than it is, and gives away heat to air that is cooler than it is.
Which ocean current transports heat northward?
The North Atlantic Conveyor, also known as the Gulf Stream
How has the greenhouse effect affected British weather?
The normal greenhouse effect keeps Britain warm (with help from the Gulf Stream). The enhanced greenhouse effect is causing global warming and climate change. This is changing weather patterns leading to heat waves, and different and more extreme weather conditions.
What causes mild temperatures in Europe?
The gulf stream is very warm - as air travels across it, it stays warmer. The effect lessens the further east you go across Europe - that's why France is more temperate than Poland, for example.There is an enormous exchange of energy as warmer southern waters from a branch of the Gulf Stream (called the North Atlantic Drift) get cooled by polar air, east of Iceland. The heat exchange warms the atmosphere and gives northern Europe warmer climate than corresponding locations in North America.
Effects that ocean currents have on the world?
Distributes heat around the world. The gulf stream brings heat to iceland, Great Britain and Scandinavia, where other places at the same latitude are much colder.
The keeps the climate of Great Britain warmer than it would normally be?
The Gulf stream carries warm water towards the British isles. Also, because water takes longer to change temperature than air, it takes away heat from air that is hotter than it is, and gives away heat to air that is cooler than it is.
How might global warming lead to the disruption of the gulf stream?
Extra heat in the oceans may affect the movement and direction of the ocean currents. the Gulf Stream, which brings warm water to Western Europe, might cool or fail, bringing cooler conditions to Britain and France.
How is heat moved around the Atlantic Ocean?
By warm currents, such as the Gulf Stream.
Why does Britain have mild winters?
The climate is warmer than latitude alone dictates due to the warm water of the Atlantic Gulf Stream from the west.
Why do hurricanes strengthen as they move along the equator toward the gulf stream?
they get strength from the heat
What keeps climate of great Britain warmer than it would be normally?
The Gulf stream carries warm water towards the British isles. Also, because water takes longer to change temperature than air, it takes away heat from air that is hotter than it is, and gives away heat to air that is cooler than it is.
How does ocean current affect earths climate?
It tranfports/trasfers heat (eg the Gulf stream which makes Western Europe warmer than usual)
Which ocean current transports heat northward?
The North Atlantic Conveyor, also known as the Gulf Stream
How do waters of the earth's ocean help distrubute heat from one place to another?
The Gulf Stream is a good example of water distributing heat from one part of the earth to another. The Gulf Stream is warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico and stretches to the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. The Gulf Stream influences the climate of the east coast of North America from Florida to Newfoundland, and the west coast of Europe.
Does surface currents distribute heat by motion?
Ocean surface currents redistribute heat around the world's climate. The Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic current bring in warm salty tropical water.
How would weather in the western Europe be different if there were no Gulf stream?
It would be colder because water stores energy to give Western Europe more heat.
