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Re: Receding Gulf Stream
      Fri Dec 09 2005 09:38 AM

Actually there is some new scientific thought (and concern) that has recently been featured on television. The premise is that a slow global warming could be nothing more than a natural event, primarily associated with major volcanic eruptions, that can create a follow-on mini ice age in a very short period of time. The premise is supported by ice core taps in the Arctic regions, Greenland, Siberia, etc., with short-term higher concentrations of trapped carbon dioxide and carbom monoxide emissions.

As described above, the theory is that a warming event creates glacial melt (even over land areas) and the runoff creates a significant increase of freshwater in the near-Arctic regions. The freshwater does not sink and can shut off any warm thermal current (i.e., the Gulf Stream). In this scenario, the North Atlantic loop current (and others) shuts down. Without the influence of the warm loop currents, the polar regions then rapidly cool and a mini ice age follows (with temperatures dropping about 7 degrees F along the entire east coast). Core samples suggest that sometimes this whole process can take place in less than two decades, i.e., much faster than previously thought.
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* Receding Gulf Stream doug Fri Dec 09 2005 09:38 AM
. * * Re: Receding Gulf Stream WeatherNut   Fri Dec 02 2005 05:00 PM
. * * Re: Receding Gulf Stream Ed DunhamAdministrator   Fri Dec 09 2005 09:38 AM
. * * Re: Receding Gulf Stream HanKFranK   Sun Dec 04 2005 12:53 AM
. * * Re: Receding Gulf Stream Domino   Thu Dec 01 2005 10:17 PM
. * * Re: Receding Gulf Stream Clark   Fri Dec 02 2005 12:22 AM

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