Thread: 'oil leak shuts down Gulf Stream'
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Old July 17th 10, 11:49 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default 'oil leak shuts down Gulf Stream'
On 17/07/10 11:36, whitehead1972 wrote:
Anyone care to comment on this - I wonder if the gulf stream / north
Atlantic drift varies in intensity anyway. Is this just a natural
variation - and nothing to do with the oil spill?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv69AHkYXWY


One problem with this. Even during the last Ice Age, the Gulf Stream did
not close down! The only way for the Gulf Stream to close down is for
the Earth to stop spinning. What he may be confused with is the North
Atlantic Drift, which has closed down during periods of weak Gulf Stream
Circulation. This has happened several times and has led to cooling of
NW Europe but by no stretch of the imagination did it cause a new ice age.

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