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Ben Turner

Gulf Stream's fate to be decided by climate 'tug-of-war'

Icebergs float in Iluissat fjord in Greenland.

The fate of the Gulf Stream will be decided by a "tug-of-war" between two types of melting from the Greenland Ice Sheet, a new study suggests. 

Throughout the last ice age, between 16,800 to 60,000 years ago, fleets of icebergs launched from the coast of North America, causing vital ocean currents to weaken dramatically.

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