There are many small unihabited Scottish islands on the west coast which due to the North Atlantic Drift should be warm enough to have a farm or croft on, and I think similarly in Ireland.
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The fishing grounds around Ireland's North Atlantic Drift warms the waters off the islands on the west coast so that the channels support greater than 60 types of warm and cold water fish and shellfish.
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The "'Gulf Stream "', together with its northern extension towards Europe, the North Atlantic Drift, crossing to Northern Europe and the southern stream, the Canary Current, recirculating off West Africa.
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Although there has been recent debate, there is consensus that the climate of Western Europe and Northern Europe is warmer than it would otherwise be due to the North Atlantic drift which is the northeastern section of the Gulf Stream.
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The area has a mild climate, due to the influence of the North Atlantic drift . The combination of the climate and the sheltered aspect of the gardens enables plants to be cultivated which would not normally survive outdoors in Scotland.
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However, because the Gulf Stream and the North Atlantic Drift Current moderate the climate, and because of the relatively low elevation of the land area, Finland contains half of the world's arable land north of 60?north latitude.
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Scotland is warmed by the North Atlantic Drift and given the northerly location of the country, experiences much milder conditions than areas on similar latitudes, such as Labrador in Canada & mdash; where icebergs are a common feature in winter.
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A northwards branch of the Gulf Stream, the North Atlantic Drift, is part of the thermohaline circulation ( THC ), transporting warmth further north to the North Atlantic, where its effect in warming the atmosphere contributes to warming Europe.
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The book discusses a possible cause of the failure of the Gulf Stream : the melting of the polar ice caps could drastically affect the salinity of the North Atlantic drift by dumping a large quantity of freshwater into the world's oceans.
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This can be a result of heat storage in summer and release in winter; or of transport of heat from warmer locations : a particularly notable example of this is Western Europe, which is heated at least in part by the north atlantic drift.
