This is the first definitive proof that things are changing, and climate change is likely responsible.

The Gulf Stream plays a significant role in maintaining the climate of the US East Coast and Western Europe. “We conclude with a high degree of confidence that Gulf Stream transport has indeed slowed by about 4% in the past 40 years.” The full study is Here

  • DominusOfMegadeus
    -1•2 years ago

    While this is awful news, although completely unsurprising, this sentence stuck out to me: “I have been studying western boundary currents – primarily the Agulhas Current off South Africa – for 30 years,” Is this a full-time profession that pays a living wage?

    • @chaorace@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      40•2 years ago

      This is what tenured professors do. They apply for research grants in their field, run laboratories, and publish papers. It’s how most public academic research gets done and this is indeed a full-time job that pays decently (but not fabulously) well. As far as the focus of her studies go: she is an Oceanography professor at the University of Miami, so… like… what else is she going to research other than the boundary of the western Atlantic ocean?

    • Whisp
      10•2 years ago

      Absolutely it is!
      They pay them a ton in their native currents-cy

        • Whisp
          4•2 years ago

          Ahh even better! 😁

          Reminds me of this super tangentially related joke:

          You’d think a pirate’s favorite letter would be Rrrrr, but their true love will always be the C