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Gulf Stream has slowed 30% in the last twelve years


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Satellite images on this interactive map show how the Gulf Stream is currently under threat.
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20 responses // Gulf Stream has slowed 30% in the last twelve years

  • http://current.com/items/88913736_ocean_current_energy_...
    This is EXACTLY what I was thinking aobut when I saw the Gulf Stream story that has been at the top of Current today. There has been a scientific thought fo rthe last few years that the Gulf Stream would slow and "turn off" with Greenland melting.
    jpfdeuce
  • This is alarming indeed.
    phoenix_fire999
  • thats it... were fuxed...
    parisinla
  • In Europe, we have been aware of this problem for many years now, with scientists explaining the phenomenon. The increasingly hot summers and mild winters we've been having tended to make us forget about this phenomenon, but sooner or later we may well suffer from extreme cold, global warming notwithstanding. I have a large stock of wool yarn and knitting needles which might well come in very useful in the coming years...
    Vierotchka
  • We must have caps on Co2 and GHGS now.
    JanforGore
  • This is really bad. My first degree is in Marine Science. The change is detrimental on the ecosysytem and salinity of the water. Ice Age here we come!!!!!!!!!
    amirct3
  • We can spend 700 billion dollars in 7 years on different WARs but we can't spend them on ECO Friendly projects....
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    jasminerafique
  • We're in the midst of huge movements. We've set them off and now will just have to live it. Change isn't a choice anymore. It's a certainty.
    24French
  • wow, i've always known disaster was impending but i hadn't realized our errors are making such huge impacts. the future really is here, and i'm horribly scared.
    aBeaUtifulSavAge
  • Don't give in to fear, aBeaUtifulSavAge - it only paralyzes you. Face the fear and use its energy to act in positive and proactive ways with regard to what causes the fear. :)
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    Vierotchka
  • What's lacking here is the reason a slowing Gulf Stream should concern us. The way the article reads, this slowing of the flow of warm water going north & colder water coming back south is more evidence of global warming.

    However, the way it reads, this could be a good thing. The arctic region seems to be building a barrier to the encroaching warmth. Less warm water will decrease the melting of the polar cap, saving the habitat and keeping sea level from rising too much.

    So tell me, what's wrong chilling the North Atlantic back down to what it used to be? Or is it just more knee-jerk reactions to the fact of unending change?
    BarefootMedia
  • all these different theories are making my head swirl
    pstuart
  • scary
    joshuaheller
  • The idea of eventually running out of water gets a little closer to reality with each passing day. I never thought a new Ice Age would be less frightening by comparison.
    I was dead wrong. Oh well.
    There's that pesky (and overdue) magnetic field reversal to sweat about, too. Damn.
    Folks? We'd better set our sights on packing up and leaving what will cease to be our home base. We can all blame each other on the way to certain uncertainty. Won't that be fun? Bring sunglasses and lots of lotion.
    Meanwhile? Global cannibalism for survival of the most selfish and sick with wealth.
    *sings*
    "Happy Trails...to you. Until we meet again."
    huntre
  • Yikes!
    Swiyyah
  • Wise words Vierotchka "Face the fear and use its energy to act in positive and proactive ways with regard to what causes the fear."
    mattbrawn
  • Absolutely. Fear can also be a great spark for positive action and empowerment.
    JanforGore
  • http://www.thestar.com/article/418271
    Research on the link between climate change, increased precipitation, and the ocean conveyor belt.

    Excerpt:

    Human-induced climate change isn't merely heating up the world's northern regions, it's also making them a lot wetter with potentially dire consequences, Canadian government scientists have just shown.

    That increasing precipitation could eventually slow the vital ocean conveyor belt that bathes the coasts of North America and Europe with warm tropical water, Environment Canada researchers from Toronto caution in a report published yesterday.

    The global conveyor belt, formally called thermohaline circulation by scientists, consists of warm tropical water, like the Gulf Stream, blown north on the ocean surface by winds. In the Arctic, the current cools while becoming denser, sinks and travels back south as the belt's return loop.

    "It doesn't shut down entirely but what various people see is the thermohaline circulation slowing down in the 21st century," said research team leader Francis Zwiers, a world-recognized climate modeller.

    Other researchers have estimated that a complete conveyor belt shutdown could cause average annual temperatures in continental Europe to plunge by as much as 5C.

    That drop would rule out many crops now grown in Europe and create major health concerns in countries like France and Italy where few homes have central heating.

    As well, some theories suggest a thermohaline circulation shutdown could trigger an increase in major floods and storms plus the collapse of plankton stocks on which fish and marine mammals depend.

    The Canadian research provides the first authoritative connection between rising levels of greenhouse gases globally and the steady increases in precipitation recorded since 1950 in the area north of the 55th parallel, which in this country, crosses Ontario at the top of James Bay and spans the north country coast to coast.

    The findings are published in the respected weekly journal Science.
    JanforGore
  • I'm glad I believe the world is going to end in 2012 or I'd be really scared just about now!
    rabidlemur
  • http://www.personainternet.com/~algistd/index_files/pag...
    for more info just go to the link above or
    www.aroadmap2extinction.com
    mrcc55

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