dmv wrote:

The Gulf Stream indeed contributes to Europe's warmth, but it is wrong to conflate the climate difference across the North Atlantic with the northward flow of warm water in the Gulf Stream. This erroneous logic leads to such statements as (from The Times of London): "The British Isles lie on the same latitude as Labrador on the East Coast of Canada, and are protected from a similarly icy climate by the Atlantic conveyor belt." Such claims are absolutely wrong.

well it's certainly the folk wisdom i received
interesting
so Europe only has to worry about the Greenhouse Effect and not a mini Ice Age
well something less to worry about is always nice

RE: American Scientist Online - The Source of Europe's Mild Climate