So, Alastair, I take it you agree that there is no basis for the claim that the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has caused a reduction in the Gulf Stream and the THC. Of course, there is more to it. Notice this quote from the Wiki article to which you linked:
"In January 2010, the Gulf Stream briefly connected with the West Greenland Current after fluctuating for a few weeks due to an extreme negative phase of the Arctic oscillation, temporarily diverting it west of Greenland." I suppose you folks in Britain has an enjoyable winter last year. I saw a nice photographic composite showing the home isles covered with snow. The folks in southern Greenland had record high temperatures while you guys were freezing your butts. How many more such winters would be required to convince folks that the Earth's climate is changing? Just yesterday, the US experienced a storm with the lowest reported surface pressure over an inland area. No worries, bro, it's just another cycle in the weather... E. S. --------------------------------------------------- On Oct 27, 6:03 am, Alastair <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 27, 9:05 am, Eric Swanson <[email protected]> wrote: [cut] > > The Morth Atlantic leg of the THC. or MOC (meridional overturning > circulation), is being monitored by the National Oceanography Centre > at Southampton University at great expense to British > taxpayers.http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/rapid/rw/ > AFAIAA they have not reported any RECENT slowing, although it is > possible that they are reticent to report what might be a second false > alarm.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutdown_of_thermohaline_circulation#Bry... > > Cheers, Alastair. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Global Change ("globalchange") newsgroup. Global Change is a public, moderated venue for discussion of science, technology, economics and policy dimensions of global environmental change. Posts will be admitted to the list if and only if any moderator finds the submission to be constructive and/or interesting, on topic, and not gratuitously rude. 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/globalchange
