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Which ocean current continues to northwestern europes mild climate

Answer 1

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New Simulations Question the Gulf Stream’s Role in Tempering Europe’s Winters
It's the flow of warm tropical water across the Atlantic that keeps European winters mild, right? Maybe not
By Stephen C. Riser, M. Susan Lozier on February 1, 2013

Credit: COURTESY OF PETER MINNETT AND BOB EVANS University of Miami/MODIS/NASA

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IN BRIEF

Three new climate studies indicate that our long-held belief about the Gulf Stream's role in tempering Europe's winters may not be correct. Yet the studies themselves do not agree.
Two of the three studies ascribe a surprisingly large role to the direction of the prevailing winds, and one focuses on the heat lost from the ocean.
Many climate models indicate that extensive melting of Arctic ice would not actually shut down the Gulf Stream, as previously thought.
The ocean's influence on climate in Europe and elsewhere should become clearer within a decade, now that a global array of more than 3,000 floating ocean sensors called Argo is making near-real-time maps of temperature and salinity down to 2,000 meters.

Answer 2

I not sure, but I think this:
The notion that the Gulf Stream is responsible for keeping Europeanomalously warm turns out to be a myth.I sorry, I'm not sure. :(