I really hope someone else who knows better than me will comment on this
(below); it certainly goes against a lot that I've been taught in the past.

Adrian

Felly sgrifennodd
Alastair McDonald :
I was talking about the science, not the wild speculation of a few
oceanographers who do not know the first thing about weather. They
seem to think that the because the THC is global it can affect the
climate globally. What they fail to understand is the half of the flow
of the THC is at the bottom of the ocean where it has no effect on
the climate what so ever.

They are unaware that it is the diversion of the westerlies by the
Rockies over the warmer seas of the souhtern North Atlantic which
causes the prevailing south westerly air flow over the British Isles -
not the Coriolis effect. And it is this air flow which keeps Britain
warmer than Newfoundland, not the North Atlantic Drift which passes
to the north of Britain.

The idea that global warming will make Britain colder is just
pseudoscience. I thought that the film "The Day After Tomorrow"
demostrated that!

The Mediterranean climate belt will move north
into the south of England.

This assumes the above doesn't happen. I suspect all we can say is that
it won't be the same as we're traditionally used to (whatever that is!).
So I can hope for either an olive grove on the side of our mountain, or
a ski resort. Hmm maybe it's not such a bad thing

Well you could buy a ready made ski resort in Scotland. I believe they are
going cheap now that the snow is diappearing :-) But if I were you, I would
be looking for a south facing slope on a Welsh mountain side, and start
taking lessons in viticulture.

Cheers, Alastair.

(the first time I've ever seen fit to top-post!)

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