Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Same Latitudes



North America and Europe superimposed on each other to show what areas are at the same latitude.

The Gulf Stream helps a LOT to keep Scotland, Ireland, and England a few degrees warmer than they might otherwise be.

2 comments:

Jennifer said...

Worth noting that the Gulf Stream is not a stable feature of the Earth system, and climate change could potentially result in cooling off Europe through changing oceanic circulation. Eg https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/currents/06conveyor3.html
(Many many references available).

Karen Carroll said...

Note that people who immigrated to the US, often settled in areas of the America where the climate resembled their home country