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Published online 30 November 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051128-9
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Atlantic currents show signs of weakening
Research cruise reveals evidence of half-century of wane.
The North Atlantic's natural heating system, which brings clement weather to western Europe, is showing signs of decline. Scientists report that warm Atlantic Ocean currents, which carry heat from the tropics to high latitudes, have substantially weakened over the past 50 years.
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