Gulf Stream

American  

noun

1. a warm ocean current flowing north from the Gulf of Mexico, along the eastern coast of the United States, to an area off the southeastern coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.

2. Gulf Stream system.

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Gulf Stream British  

noun

1. a relatively warm ocean current flowing northeastwards off the Atlantic coast of the US from the Gulf of Mexico

2. another name for North Atlantic Drift

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Gulf Stream Scientific  

1. A warm ocean current of the northern Atlantic Ocean off eastern North America. It flows northward and eastward from the Gulf of Mexico, eventually dividing into several branches. A major branch continues eastward to warm the coast and moderate the climate of northwest Europe.

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Gulf Stream Cultural  

1. A warm current that flows out of the Gulf of Mexico and northward through the Atlantic Ocean.

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Example Sentences

I have my own land-acknowledgment statement, compliments of Woody Guthrie, and as a public service I’m willing to share it with the University of Washington: “This land is your land, and this land is my land. From California to the New York Island. From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream Waters. This land was made for you and me.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The large volumes of meltwater flowing from shrinking glaciers can also disrupt major ocean currents such as the Gulf Stream, with significant consequences for Europe's climate.

From Science Daily

And the famous Gulf Stream is one of the currents that contributes to the AMOC.

From Slate

Because climate change transforms the ocean currents like the Labrador Current, the warm Gulf Stream is expanding and prompting many North Atlantic fish species to leave their traditional habitats.

From Salon

This figure is particularly troubling because experts believe that once the Earth warms by 1.5º degrees Celsius, a series of irreversible feedback loops will ensue, including the collapse of the Atlantic Ocean's Gulf Stream current and rapid melting from the Arctic and Antarctic to Greenland.

From Salon