Michael Tobis wrote:
> It's completely wrong.
>
> The Gulf Stream cannot shut down as long as
Well, I'm pretty sanguine about people using "gulf stream"
interchangeably with THC/MOC whatever the latest TLA-of-the-month is.
The basic point remains: shutting down a significant part of the
circulation would be expected to reduce regional temps over western
Europe significantly (or at least, given that it will only happen
against a background of warming, it would help to offset the warming).
Of course that is ducking the questions of how likely it is to happen,
and how much it would matter, but it certainly exists as a theoretical
situation in model-world!
Not that I'm particularly impressed with Tim Flannery in general...
James
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