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Gulf Stream shutting down?

posted by [personal profile] purplecthulhu at 08:51pm on 30/11/2005
Its long been a prediciton that the Gulf Stream will be cut off as a result of global warming, giving western Europe a climate closer to that of Labrador. Now, though, there is evidence that this might actually be happening. Recent results show a 30% reduction in the amount of warm water carried north by the Gulf Stream.

More details here:

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8398&feedId=online-news_rss20

Time to get ready for colder winters!
Mood:: 'cold' cold
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posted by [identity profile] vicarage.livejournal.com at 10:28pm on 30/11/2005
And the BBC 10 O'Clock news devoted all of 20 seconds to the story....
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 10:31pm on 30/11/2005
More than they usually give to something scientific!
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posted by [identity profile] scotiva.livejournal.com at 10:10am on 01/12/2005
Think London's bad? Aberdeenshire's already had quite a lot of snow, there have been blizzards and hurricane force winds over on the west coast of Scotland where my parents live and the cold weather looks set to continue! Here in London I'm still in my summer clothes.
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posted by [identity profile] purplecthulhu.livejournal.com at 11:07am on 01/12/2005
No I don't think London's bad - I've been in the Edmonton winter where -30 isn't unusual. But England isn't prepared for that kind of weather. Scotland will probably do best if we do get a Labrador winter. The rest of the coutnry will be screwed.
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posted by [identity profile] scotiva.livejournal.com at 12:18pm on 01/12/2005
*Laughs maniacally*
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