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Nature 402, 593-595 (9 December 1999) | doi:10.1038/45107

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Oceanography: Climate and the Gulf Stream

Jean-Claude Duplessy

The Gulf Stream is one of the most enduring features of the North Atlantic circulation, and was well known to ships' masters sailing between Europe and America. On their return voyage to Europe, they sailed with this warm current through the Straits of Florida.