In 2010, the world community was shocked by the news that in the near future it is possible to start a new Ice Age. Italian physicist Gianluigi Zangari, an employee of the National Institute of Nuclear Physics Frascati, made a sensational statement: "The Gulf Stream has stopped!" The scientist came to such conclusions by analyzing satellite data from observations of atmospheric and oceanic phenomena in the Gulf of Mexico.
According to the Italian scientist, the Gulf Stream stopped as a result of a large-scale environmental tragedy in this area. Over the course of several months, a crude oil leak from the British Petroleum Group's Deepwater Horizon well into the waters of the bay took place. In total, about two hundred million gallons of substance spilled, which formed a kind of “oil volcano” at the bottom. BP management and the US authorities tried to hide this fact by dropping two million gallons of Corexit solvent and a huge number of other dispersants into the Gulf of Mexico to suppress hydrocarbons. It was not possible to neutralize the consequences of the disaster, it turned out only to hide the true extent of the damage - part of the bay from the oil film was cleaned, but it is impossible to remove oil from great depths. And the most irreparable consequence of an oil leak is that the temperature, viscosity and salinity of sea water have changed, as a result of which the boundaries between the layers of cold and warm water have collapsed, underwater currents have slowed down, and in some places the Gulf Stream stopped altogether. All this prompted Zangari to make such a statement.
What is the Gulf Stream? This is the main warm current of the Earth, which forms weather conditions in the territories adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. It makes the Scandinavian countries suitable for living and maintains a warm climate in European countries. And if the Gulf Stream has stopped, then the onset of the Ice Age awaits us. First of all, England and Ireland, the northern states of America and Canada will be covered with ice, then a sharp cooling will cover North America, Europe and Asia. People will be forced to move to warmer places. Cold, migration, crop failure and, as a result, hunger will lead to the extinction of about two-thirds of all humanity.
In 2010, the scientist did not believe in the self-healing of the current, as he suspected that the oil leak was continuing. But after some time, satellite images were received that did not confirm the fact that the Gulf Stream had stopped. In photographs from outer space it was seen that the North Atlantic Current again carries its warm waters along the usual route.
So, is the global global catastrophe being canceled? There is no single answer to this question. Scientists say that the Gulf Stream temporarily stopped for several days, a similar situation was already in 2004, and then there were no negative consequences for the Earth. But supporters of the theory of a global conspiracy argue that all the images of the Gulf of Mexico received from satellites after 2010 are fake. The climate is changing, but gradually, because the waters of the Gulf Stream have not yet completely cooled, and several years are left before the global cooling.
