Hank Roberts wrote:
> Isn't the concern really about rearranging rather than ending ocean
> circulation?
Well, that may be a bit of a distinction without a difference...if the
warm water doesn't get as far north in sufficient volume, the regional
climate will change and other possible changes elsewhere will be little
comfort!
But that said...
> Latest place I see this is in Ward's "Green Sky" book, and he's clear
> that it's not loss of the circulation he's studying, it's times when
> the sinking water was sinking further from the pole, so was warmer and
> lower in oxygen as it headed for the abyss.
The model studies certainly show a lower volume for the overall
overturning circulation in the north Atlantic, not just different
locations for the convection.
James
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