----- forwarded message ----- Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2001 13:01:05 +0200 From: secr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Britain May Get Cold ----- forwarded message ----- Subject: [EF!] Britain May Get Cold from the Oread Daily Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 20:53:33 -0000 From: "reg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BUNDLE UP Looks like there could be cold days ahead for Great Britain. Scientist have confirmed that rising sea temperatures might be about to lead to rapid climate change over the British Isles ushering in a mini ice age. How can this be in an era of global warming? Research shows that the water flow from the Arctic down past Scotland has decreased by 20% since 1950. This flow, which scientists call the "global conveyor" moves water from the cold arctic to the south. It is replaced with warm water flowing north, the Gulf Stream, which is what keeps Britain warm. Global warming is actually affecting sea water temperatures which in turn may be affecting these "rivers" in the oceans. If, as is indicated, the Arctic flow is decreasing, it can be expected that the reverse will occur to the Gulf Stream. The conveyor could shut down suddenly over one or two years, leaving Britain in a climate like that of northern Canada. The last time this happened, in the 11th to the 18th Century, northern Europe entered the Little Ice Age. The new research was presented at the British Association Science Festival in Glasgow. In a research paper, Sarah Hughes of the FRS Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen, Scotland, said: "It seems that in the past the conveyor belt has stopped and started, sometimes as quickly as within one or two years. Sources: The Guardian, BBC The Oread Daily provides daily (Monday-Friday) progressive, left,anti- racist, anarchist, commie, activist, environmental, Marxist, revolutionary, etc. news and information from around the US and around the world. The Oread Daily was a mimeographed sheet that came out first in the summer of 1970 in Lawrence, Kansas. It was irreverent, radical, spicy, revolutionary et. al. Now, three decades later it returns. To view the entire Oread Daily, please visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OreadDaily
