The Gulf Stream Explained

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Is that why Canada, despite being at roughly the same longeitude is colder than Europe?

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Red Dawn yes

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And Rome is the same Latitude as Chicago.

[@BasilMinhas]

Peter Halloran some parts of Canada are

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My family lives at the same longitude as the US stare of Maine and winters here have hardly any snow. It normally 5° on the coast so even frost is rare.

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Not just canada, literally everywhere else in the world but europe.

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Theres a bird in the intro :b

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5:38 there are birds

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[@sylvhide]

That was super useful! Just one thing: 2:26 the salt content doesn't rise by water evaporating (it's way to cold for that) but by water turning into ice which increase the concentration of salt in the water. It also increase in density turning into colder water as explained at the beginning of the video.

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Everybody grab all your salt we're going to Greenland to keep the Gulf Stream goin!

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Will this be enough? *grabs 700000000000000000000000000000000000000 miles worth of salt* or is this too much? ._.

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+Alex Johnson *I dare you.*

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+ROBLOX Sisters Its tooooooooooo much you will have 612234 miles of salt

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no. I'll have *700000000000000000000000000000000000000* worth

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***** just because i make roblox vids doesn't mean thats what i do all the time .-.

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DauntingDays they were trying to keep it simple, and it is hard for a strait line to follow the path of a curved line, while still being strait.

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+Master Staot crab Im not talking about the curves, I'm talking about how they would take the time to draw lake Michigan, but still have it completely above the US border. More of a CinemaSins sin than a nitpick

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DauntingDays They didn't draw lake Michigan, that is Hudson Bay.

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@@Cheesemongle you still there?

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@@rajeshwariumashankar8082 I'm always here. Waiting. Watching.

[@kerrychou5632]

The best and only clear and concise explanation I've seen. So many news outlets talk about gulf stream problems but never explain the link behind it. Thank you

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I would love to watch a remake of this video! longer and covering all the interactions with each current, what theyre called, what causes them, what happens when two meet, etcetc instead of just the gulf stream, even if it has to be cut into multiple parts, its very interesting and there isnt that much information about it, even less laid out in laymans terms, thanks!

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I agree! And also with information about the consequences of the albedo effect, the greenhouse effect and the density of the water in the currents, altogether. I'd love to understand which is of these phenomenons is more powerful (but I guess maybe nobody is certain because we didn't have the greenhouse effect in game before).

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Too late the golf stream is collapsing

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@@313boss Too true :(

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Coming here after watching Sabine Hossenfelders video. 🙂

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This one is a lot better!

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​@@KlausJLinkeIsn't her one about how this video is incorrect?

[@Sweetthang9]

@@KlausJLinke Have you seen her video? She makes a distinction between the "Gulf Stream" and the AMOC (Atlantic meridional overturning circulation) which are motivated by different geophysical forces. So, this video is at best oversimplified, and at worse, wrong.

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Anyone growing up in Europe is taught, formally or informally that the Gulfstream has a massive affect on our lives. Even when you are a very small child. Usually when all the jellyfish start rocking up on shore or hurricanes that never come your way all of a sudden like to glance past. Europe would be nowhere near as green and fertile and moderate compared to other parts of the normal northern hemisphere

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The tardis at 4:13

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So global warming could possibly cause an ice age? Oh the irony...

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Global warming may speed up the time it takes for a next ice age

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You never watched the day after tomorrow?

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Yes. And then we become mammoths and saber tooth tigers.

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0:36 lmao Canada being covered in glacial ice xD I actually can't stop laughing. it's even more hilarious once you consider how quickly glaciers are retreating. xD

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The music is particularly cool in this one :3

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This taught me more than school about The Gulf Stream. *Not Even Kidding.*

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Great production. You should Make a video about interplanetary warming. Such as the global warning that is happening to all the planets in our solar system. That would make for a great watch.

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7 Years old and still amazing! Beats both my teachers and my learning books about geography.

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I am here because of Sabine Hossenfelder. The AMOC is not the same as the Gulf stream!

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... which this video makes clear in the first sentence: The Gulf Stream is a part of a larger circulation system. Contrary to Sabine's video, which obfuscates this simple fact.

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@@KlausJLinke 3:39 Climate change cannot stop the Gulf Stream, only parts of AMOC

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Sound is one of the best. Great job.

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So, warming planet leads to ice melt. Ice melt leads to lower salt levels in the polar oceans. Lower salt levels leads to a much weaker current that brings warm water/air. Weaker current leads to lower temperatures. Lower temperatures leads to ice build up. Ice build up leads to higher salt levels. Higher salt levels leads to stronger currents. Stronger currents lead to higher temperatures. Higher temperatures leads to more ice melt. And so on.

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It takes thousands of years for them to reform, so yeah...

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except, that the climate record shows, that it does not work that way.

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katten elvis As well as thousands of years for them to melt. Nothing special here.

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***** The earth will just change, distasters were always there.

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***** Just because the water level will rise and it will get warmer, it doesn't mean that humanity will be extinct. At the moment there is a huge problem with humanity. The population. We are growing far too fast, too many people are on the planet. That's the main problem.

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I love this video! Already knew a lot about the Gulf Stream, but this is a great visual aid and explanation/teaching tool. It really illustrates why the Gulf Stream is so important for our climate, in the Northern Hemisphere. The fact it is connected to the Arctic seawater and currents, as well as now, the melting of Greenland's glaciers, which will inject freshwater into it, diminishing the salt content, is very concerning for our climate future. Because then, as the video explains, the natural heat pump that has kept Europe warm since the last Ice Age, may shut down. C02 in the atmosphere, from burning fossil fuels, is driving the glaciers to melt (as most people know by now), in both the Arctic and Antarctica. Can't overstate how important our oceans are to maintaining a livable, healthy climate for all living things here on our planet Earth.

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4:12 He really likes Doctor Who

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In every damn video too

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Hej man! I think we are now not many years away from your prediction! Its amazing to see how stupid we humans are. Best wishes to you and your father enjoy your last years before the climate collapse.

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They're in a lot of videos. A _lot_ .

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Please watch The Day After Tomorrow for exactly the reason Valur mentions. Very exciting.

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just said that to a later comment.

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That movie sped up the process. In reality, it would only take a hundred years before a new ice age commenced if people don't stop heating up the atmosphere.

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That movie was panned for its scientific inaccuracies. First it would happen over some decades instead of a week and secondly it wouldn't be as cold as they showed it and not in the entire northern hemisphere, but rather Scotland, Ireland, Iceland and most of Norway.

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0:02 First kurzgesagt bird to have aver appeared

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As always, your videos are super good.

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This is probably the only unbiased report I've heard on climate change. It's factual and concise. Great stuff!

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and its not on climate change, but on gulf stream.

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What a comforting message on this tranquil sunday morning.....

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Wait. Did that thermostat say "DFTBA" on the bottom?

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:D

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Jared Long TARDIS at 4:13!!!!

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Yup

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what's DFTBA

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Who else is here after reading about the possible collapse of the Gulf Stream?

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Lowkey panicked EEEE

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Update people its actually slowing down this winter at unprecedented rates and as of today its at its weakest for over a 1000 years

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Cool, my teacher has included this video as a part of our geography curriculum :D

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We Finns call it "The Golf Stream." I am serious.

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Eero Laatunen good

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Eero Laatunen same in estonia

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Eero Laatunen Valitettavasti

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Czech republic, same here

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Mister X 2893 interesting...

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Excellent video. Learned a bunch!

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RIP Gulf Stream 2021

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It’ll be back alive in a thousand years

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The earth is naturally trying to cool itself down. But yeah...things are going to keep changing. Hotter summers and colder winters... until things either balance more... or they don't.

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This is an AWESOME explanation for my high schoolers. THANKS!

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4:14 there's a TARDIS in the background

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Totally came here to say this. Good catch! :)

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There's one in every video.

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They're also probably Nerdfighters, since the presure meters all say DFTBA on it.

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this is why north europe is warm sometimes even tho half of our countries are inside the arctic circle

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And why southern Europe is warm too. I live in Portugal and I've always wondered how can our country be so warm when, looking at a world map, we are so far away from the equator.

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Awesome Infomation For My School Work! I got A+ ! Thanks!

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Coming here from Hossenfelder, you mixed up AMOC with the gulf stream...

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The Gulf _Stream_ is part of a larger _circulation_ system, the AMOC. Clearly stated at the beginning, and easy enough to understand. It is also part of the North Atlantic Gyre, which rotates clockwise in the North Atlantic.

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This was surprisingly informative and not preachy, well done!

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4:13 I see that Tardis there

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I was already aware of a lot of this. But plenty was brand new and fascinating. Thanks a lot.

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I like your representation of Canada. It's very accurate.

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Taylor Is Best It Term of explanation... Great Work....🔥🔥⚡⚡

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Dat TARDIS tho...

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XD

[@jaskapenttila7644]

and there is a dalek 2

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I thought I had watched all your videos but this is the first time I have seen this one. Still good even after 7 years.

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I swear the narrator's voice hasn't changed in these 7 years

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I like how they put T.A.R.D.I.S. in their episodes. :D

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cool video, superb voice acting, narration, script

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3:01 DALEK!!!

[@Samer-Taha]

4:13 Tardis

[@elenahopecarstens4570]

I absolutely love the hidden Tardis in so many videos 💜💜💜

[@Handle423]

I have an idea how we can use the Waterfalls for energy, build giant Turbines with dynamos, I know it's more complicated then that, but this is just a very short and easy way of telling everybody

[@ashygfriend6784]

The Hoovie well, it would stop the Gulf Stream

[@Handle423]

Forever Devillish Are you sure? I would rather say that it would only slow it down a notch

[@ashygfriend6784]

That slight slow will either screw up something, or the energy obtained from slowing it slightly isn't worth the extraction

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Here for school but already subbed

[@EthanCotter]

lol, dalek at 3:01 and tardis 4:13. Someone's a doctor who fan :P

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Really nice job, keep it up!

[@theanimelover903]

Anyone else catch the TARDIS from doctor who?

[@yingofdarknes]

I feel like so many years have passed since this video was made that we should get an updated video speaking about how the gulf stream has changed as we have passed the tipping point on reversing climate change

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+Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell at 2:05 the spinning of the earth is WRONG!

[@andrewnield9827]

How ?

[@gammarayneutrino8413]

No, it just is upside down compared to the other view. Since this is space you can look at whatever viewpoint, all viwpoints are valid. As an example: Take a clock. Then rotate it 180°. It will work counterclockwise. Earth is 3D so not the best example, but perspective is important for directions.

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Very, very relevant video! More need to know about the Gulf Stream and the risk it's collapse poses to all of us. Thanks!

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Make more videos!!

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Pay for our appartments! And food! :D

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Is this a joke or literal statement??? :3

[@corruptor55]

Also, how do I fight against climate change in a simpler way than say, recycling? :/ I know, a stupid question to ask >m

[@saiyukiaoi]

A lot of it involves public policy and regulation. You can begin by writing to your local congressman/state senator and researching organizations that are making an impact. Ways to fight against climate change in your daily life include reducing the amount of meat you eat, reducing the energy you use, reducing the amount of gasoline you use, and generally reducing the carbon footprint. By comparison, recycling protects our natural environment and the animals, but doesn't do much for climate change (though you should still do it). Keep up the good work :)

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This is officially the first video with the iconic bird in it.