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{{Short description|Current of the Atlantic Ocean}}
{{Redirect|North Atlantic Drift|the 2003 rock album by Ocean Color Scene|North Atlantic Drift (album)}}
{{update|inaccurate=yes|reason=Multiple studies published since 2015 show a decrease of the current and speak of a possible cooling effect on Europe, see [[:de:Nordatlantikstrom|the corresponding article]] in German for example}}
[[File:North Atlantic currents.svg|thumb|The North Atlantic Current is the first leg in the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre.]]
The '''North Atlantic Current''' ('''NAC'''), also known as '''North Atlantic Drift''' and '''North Atlantic Sea Movement''', is a powerful warm [[western boundary current]] within the [[Atlantic Ocean]] that extends the [[Gulf Stream]] northeastward.<ref name="Rossby-Abst">{{Harvnb|Rossby|1996|loc=Abstract}}</ref>
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