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What you know about the North Atlantic Drift?

The North Altantic Drift is a current which spreads heat northwards from the Caribbean towards the UK and Norway, bringing with it mild weather in the winter.


What are the factors that affect Norway's weather and climate?

Factors that affect Norway's weather and climate include its high latitude, proximity to the North Atlantic Ocean, the Gulf Stream, mountainous terrain, and prevailing wind patterns. These factors contribute to Norway's cool summers, mild winters, high precipitation levels, and varying climate conditions from region to region.


What effects does the north Atlantic current has on western Europe?

The North Atlantic Current brings much warmer weather to Europe. This explains why Europe is some 15˚F warmer than areas of the same latitude.


Is the North Atlantic drift a warm or cool current?

The North Atlantic Drift is a warm ocean current. It brings warm water from the Gulf Stream into the North Atlantic Ocean, influencing the climate of Western Europe by making it milder than other regions at similar latitudes.


Do melting polar ice caps affect the North Atlantic Current?

The overall effect of global warming is a steady proportionate increase of temperature throughout the earth in direct response to the steady increase in carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As the earth warms, the polar caps will inexorably melt into fresh water that will flow into the oceans. As the ice sheets in-and-around Greenland melt, and break apart, the North Atlantic Ocean will experience an incremental increase of fresh water content, which will affect the overall salinity of the ocean's water. The North Atlantic current, which brings warmth, flowing west, to the North American continent, is dependent upon a delicate balance of salinity. When this delicate balance is disrupted by a great increase in fresh water, an oceanographic shift in ocean current would probably cause the North American continent to have a climate shift, from warm to very cold. It's actually going to be an inevitable process of trial and error, since an earlier ice-age on the earth occurred before the advent of recorded history. So, not even the most astute climatologist knows exactly what is going to result from a disruption of the earth's delicate environmental balance. But we know that it's not going be good, whatever it's going to be.

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What is is between Norway?

The North Atlantic Ocean.


How do you use north Atlantic current in a sentence?

The "north Atlantic current" is very strong.I really like the "north Atlantic current."The "north Atlantic current" is driven by the global thermohaline circulation (THC), it is wind driven


What you know about the North Atlantic Drift?

The North Altantic Drift is a current which spreads heat northwards from the Caribbean towards the UK and Norway, bringing with it mild weather in the winter.


Why are the ports of England and Norway open all the year round?

England and Norway both benefit from the warming effects of the North Atlantic Current. The North Atlantic Current (North Atlantic Drift and the North Atlantic Sea Movement) is a powerful warm ocean current that continues the Gulf Stream northeast. West of Ireland, it splits in two. One branch (the Canary Current) goes south while the other continues north along the coast of northwestern Europe. It helps keep the ports along the coasts warm enough to stay open year around and is even thought to have a considerable warming influence on the climate. Although the North Atlantic Current mixes with colder water coming from the Baltic Sea and the Norwegian fjords, it still remains warm enough to keep the ports along the coast open.


Why do you think the temperatures at the same latitude in Greenland and Norway are so different?

Warm water from the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic current warm Norway while cold currents from the Arctic cool Greenland.


Why does Trondheim have a mild climate?

Trondheim has a mild climate due to its location on the west coast of Norway, influenced by the warm North Atlantic Current. This current helps moderate temperatures and keeps winters milder than other locations at similar latitudes. Additionally, the surrounding mountains provide some protection from harsh weather conditions.


What see is between Norway and Iceland?

Norway and Finland share border up north!


Why do Great Britain and Norway have mild climates?

Because of the Gulf Stream, which carries warm water from the Caribbean to the North Atlantic.


What is the more common name for the north Atlantic drift?

That would be the North Atlantic Current.


What is a north Atlantic current?

The North Atlantic Current is a vast, slow moving warm current. It is created from the Gulf Stream and the Labrador Current joining at southern Greenland, which creates the widening and slowing of the Gulf Stream. The North Atlantic Current splits near western Europe, one part creating the warm Norway Current flowing northward along the coast of Norway and the other creating the cold Canary Current deflecting southward, eventually warming and rejoining the North Equatorial Current.


What are the two ocean currents that affect the coasts of North America?

The Gulf Stream and the California current are the two ocean currents that affect North America. The California current originates in the Pacific Ocean, while the Gulf Stream originates in the Atlantic Ocean.


What warm water current runs through the Sargasso Sea?

No curret runs through the Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Seais a region in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean|North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents. It is bounded on the west by the Gulf Stream; on the north, by the North Atlantic Current; on the east, by the Canary Current; and on the south, by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current. This system of currents forms the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre.