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Published online 29 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061127-8
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Gulf Stream weakened in 'Little Ice Age'
Freezing medieval weather linked to diminished ocean current.
The Gulf Stream — the ocean current that helps to bring warm weather to much of the North Atlantic region — was significantly weakened during the period known to historians as the Little Ice Age, new research reveals.
The discovery supports the notion that a slowing of ocean currents — as some fear might happen in our future — can have significant consequences for climate.
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