Houlland
CLIMATE AND CHANGE
Current climate
Discover the forces shaping our environment at The Sky Trail Houlland. Here, we explore Shetland’s current climate and the global impact of climate change.
Shetland’s climate is mild due to warm south-westerly winds and currents pulled north from the Equator via the Gulf Stream.
These currents reach us as the North Atlantic Drift, creating a much warmer atmosphere than is experienced by other places at the same latitude.
Shetland is on the same line of latitude as Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik province in the northernmost region of Quebec, Canada. On the shores of Hudson Bay, the average lowest daily temperature is -27°C! However, in Shetland, our average daily temperatures rarely drop lower than 2°C.
Understanding Climate Change at Sky Trail Houlland
The oceans are a network of warm and cold currents which directly affect the Earth’s climate and weather.
Scientists are now concerned that global warming, caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, could cause a total ‘stop’ or ‘shutdown’ of the Gulf Stream.
The impact could be catastrophic: a much colder climate in the North Atlantic, North America and Europe; and less rainfall in warmer, drier parts of the globe; all leading to extreme storms, melting of glaciers, flash floods, and rising sea levels.
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