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Scientists say melting ice in the Northern Hemisphere is disrupting Gulf Stream .
System of currents that brings warmth to Northern Hemisphere could shut down.
Without this, average temperatures could drop by several degrees in North America , parts of Asia and Europe .
Without it, people would see 'severe and cascading consequences around the world'.
Last shutdown was probably at the end of the last Ice Age , 12,000 years ago , and prompted a temperature drop of 5C to 10C in western Europe .
Sea levels could rise up to nearly 20 inches around the North Atlantic Basin , which surrounds the eastern US coast.
In the US , Florida would be particularly badly affected as the flow of water northwards would be halted, seeing it collect on the state's shoreline.
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