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posted on 30 Nov 2005 by nevillef
I would like to add:

It's hardly news that if the Gulf Stream (or NAD if you prefer) stops (or
deviates South more like then the UK will get colder. I remember my
geography teacher pointing this out thirty years ago- his observation being
that the UK is the same latitude as Labrador & Newfoundland where winters
are far cooler. Cold currents off their coast don't help of course!

Don't know where you and your geography teacher were but mine was
saying the same forty years ago, whilst also remarking on the fact
that many of the coal deposits were formed from tree ferns, which
required much higher average temperatures than have been experienced
in the British Isles for quite some time.

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