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According to forecasts by Dutch scientists, the North Atlantic drift could change its direction in the next hundred years, which would have catastrophic consequences for Europe where the climate is often mitigated by the warm waters brought to its coasts.

Scientists at the University of Groningen and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands predicted that the North Atlantic drift, which is an extension of the Gulf Stream, could change direction in the next 100 years, which which could have disastrous consequences for Europe, informs a press release published on EurekAlert !.

Increased precipitation and melting glaciers in Greenland due to global warming are increasing the amount of fresh water in the upper layers of the northern Atlantic Ocean.

The new model shows that the accumulation of fresh water cannot, over the next 1,000 years, completely nullify the North Atlantic drift, which brings warm water to the coasts of northern Europe and mitigates the climate local.