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		karmakurtisaani on July 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Southern Europe in extreme heat, with Greece seein... I follow the discussion over climate fairly closely and have never heard of this theory before. It does not sound very credible to be honest.

codyb on July 16, 2023 [–]

Ah, well here’s some info

https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2021/03/24/weve-known-f...

Which tracks from Bryson’s book, it has to do with the jet streams and underwater currents being interrupted.

I was wrong in my guess though, that’s for sure.

karmakurtisaani on July 20, 2023 | [–]

Ah, ice age in Europe due to Golf stream disturbance. This I have heard and it makes sense.

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