You might find interesting this report which we at FIPC already knew 5 years ago. The stormy and ice-free Arctic Ocean is expected to mop up CO2 from athomosphere. Geoengineering will damage this supposed massive positive CO2 mop-up effect from less sea ice. However, I would put it in same category as shut down of Gulf Stream causing a new ice age (The Times, London, in 2007). When I was in north Greenland in summer 2007 and showed the report to people in Greenland they thought the British are absoulutely mad. Here were the people about 1,000 miles from the North Pole seeing the winter time sea ice disappearing and ice on land melting on north. So, how come as the north west branch (Newfoundland branch) shut down completely, and air still gets warmer. Britain having 'ice age', while Greenland is melting even in extreme north.. The sea streams affect local distribution channels of solar energy, not the amount of it. We at FIPC have a view that whenever there is a good Gulf Steam outflow, there is less hurricanes, when flow is poor and water accummulate in low latitudes in south, differentials grow bigger and the heat is re-distributed by the stormier weather that carries energy violently towards north. Thus the loss and reduction will only see more windier spells and wider temperature fluctuations, but the sum cumulative is the same, bar the overall warming seen in Greenland. We presented this idea at World Water Week in Stockholm back in 2006. Rgs, Albert
Arctic stormier as Earth warms, study finds The Arctic has become more stormy in the past 50 years due to the warming climate, which in turn has quickened the pace of drifting sea ice, a new NASA study finds. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27071976/from/ET/ _________________________________________________________________ Make a mini you and download it into Windows Live Messenger http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/111354029/direct/01/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
