Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:55:16 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-meteorologists-allay-fears-arctic-winter-8569538© 2026 Radio Prague International In recent days Italian and Polish forecasters have released reports suggesting that this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years. The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf Stream which has allegedly slowed down in connection with the oil spill off the coast of Florida. Some scientists claim the stream will not be able to compensate the cold from Arctic winds –and according to their theory as the Gulf Stream wanes and eventually disappears Europe will have to brace for Arctic winters. Czech meteorologist Jan Pretel says this is utter nonsense: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/teplomer_zima.jpg?timestamp=1591279076 https://english.radio.cz/czech-meteorologists-allay-fears-arctic-winter-8569538 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9