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Dear EarthTalk: what is the issue with the Gulf Stream in relation to global warming? Could it really stop or disappear altogether? If so, what are the ramifications of this?
Magazine article from: EarthTalk: Questions & Answers About Our Environment. A Weekly Column; 9/2/2007; 589 words ; ...EarthTalk: What is the issue with the Gulf Stream in relation to global warming...saltwater sections of the globe--the Gulf Stream stretches from the Gulf of Mexico...the colder North Atlantic, the Gulf Stream warms up the eastern U.S. and northwestern... Read more
The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic.(Book review)
Magazine article from: ForeWord; 9/1/2008; ; 338 words ; Work Title: The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and...9780807832172 Reviewer: Bryan Craig The Gulf Stream is a powerful force in nature and in...through the science, describing how the Gulf Stream acts as a river or conveyer belt carrying... Read more
The Gulf Stream's powerful forces include a rich history and sea life.(Fo'c'sle library)(The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic)(Book review)
Magazine article from: National Fisherman; 12/1/2008; 189 words ; The Gulf Stream Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the...fascinating descriptions in Stan Ulanski's The Gulf Stream. Described so often as a river in the ocean, the Gulf Stream certainly has not failed to fascinate... Read more
The Gulf Stream: Hot Stuff!
Magazine article from: Jack & Jill; 7/1/1999; 283 words ; Let's play Gulf stream Guesses. Question one: If you wanted...huge current; of warm water called the Gulf Stream flows near Iceland and keeps it, as...than a thousand miles to the south. The Gulf Stream is warmed by the tropical sun near the... Read more
Peter H. Wood Weathering the Storm: Inside Winslow Homer's Gulf Stream.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 12/1/2004; ; 575 words ; ...the Storm: Inside Winslow Homer's Gulf Stream. The University of Georgia Press...s famous maritime painting The Gulf Stream (1900), Homer's painting depicts...gripping maritime disaster from the Gulf Stream, a dangerous patch of water he... Read more
Fishes associated with pelagic Sargassum and open water lacking Sargassum in the Gulf Stream off North Carolina.(Report)
Magazine article from: Fishery Bulletin; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...fall cruises, 1999-2003, in the Gulf Stream off North Carolina. Significantly...on the Florida Current and the Gulf Stream, which entrain pelagic Sargassum...habitat is due to variations in Gulf Stream flow, storms, tidal currents, and... Read more
NORWAY: NORWEGIAN AND US OCEANOGRAPHERS DISCOVER SECOND GULF STREAM.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 2/4/2003; 38 words ; Norwegian and US oceanographers have now uncovered the secret of the North Sea. They have mapped the entire length of the Gulf Stream - the fundamental basis for our climate - and discovered that there are two Gulf Streams. (Source: Odin.dep.no) Read more
Washed by the Gulf Stream; the historic and geographic relation of Irish and Caribbean literature.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2009; 168 words ; 9780874130287 Washed by the Gulf Stream; the historic and geographic relation of Irish and Caribbean literature. McGarrity, Maria. Univ. of Delaware Press 2008 196 pages... Read more
Aim of concert to cure wintertime blues; Bill Mallia and the Gulf Stream band to perform at tropical-themed event.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 1/16/2008; 285 words ; ...Coffeehouse in the Messiah Lutheran Church, 750 Rindge Road. The event will feature the music of Bill Mallia and the Gulf Stream band. When planning the event, church member John E. Paajanen said, it was no coincidence that he chose Feb 2. I thought... Read more
Humpback and fin whaling in the Gulf of Maine from 1800 to 1918.
Magazine article from: Marine Fisheries Review; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; Introduction The Gulf of Maine is an oceanic body of water stretching from the...along its southern and eastern margins serve to separate the Gulf from the North Atlantic Ocean. Thus, while the cold, south-flowing Labrador Current is free to enter the Gulf from the north, warm waters of the Gulf ... Read more
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